πλόκαμος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πλοχμός (plokhmós)
Etymology
From πλέκω (plékō, “to braid, knit”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pló.ka.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
Noun
πλόκᾰμος • (plókămos) m (genitive πλοκᾰ́μου); second declension
- lock or braid of hair, tress
- (in the plural) locks, curling hair, especially of women
- (collectively) hair of the head
- Synonym: κόμη (kómē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πλόκᾰμος ho plókămos |
τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokắmō |
οἱ πλόκᾰμοι hoi plókămoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πλοκᾰ́μου toû plokắmou |
τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokắmoin |
τῶν πλοκᾰ́μων tôn plokắmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πλοκᾰ́μῳ tōî plokắmōi |
τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokắmoin |
τοῖς πλοκᾰ́μοις toîs plokắmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πλόκᾰμον tòn plókămon |
τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokắmō |
τοὺς πλοκᾰ́μους toùs plokắmous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλόκᾰμε plókăme |
πλοκᾰ́μω plokắmō |
πλόκᾰμοι plókămoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐϋπλόκᾰμος (eüplókămos)
- μελᾰνοπλόκᾰμος (melănoplókămos)
- πλοκᾰμῐ́ς (plokămĭ́s)
Further reading
- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλόκαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πλόκαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πλόκαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πλόκαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963