πλόκαμος

Ancient Greek

Also πλοχμός, Iliad 17.52.

Etymology

From πλέκω (plékō, “to braid, knit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pló.ka.mos/ → /ˈplo.ka.mos/ → /ˈplo.ka.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pló.ka.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplo.ka.mos/

Noun

πλόκᾰμος • (plókamos) m (genitive πλοκᾰ́μου); second declension

1. lock or braid of hair, tress
2. (in the plural) locks, curling hair, especially of women
3. (collectively) hair of the head

   Synonym: κόμη (kómē)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πλόκᾰμος; τοῦ πλοκᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πλόκᾰμος ho plókamos	τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokámō	οἱ πλόκᾰμοι hoi plókamoi
Genitive	τοῦ πλοκᾰ́μου toû plokámou	τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokámoin	τῶν πλοκᾰ́μων tôn plokámōn
Dative	τῷ πλοκᾰ́μῳ tôi plokámōi	τοῖν πλοκᾰ́μοιν toîn plokámoin	τοῖς πλοκᾰ́μοις toîs plokámois
Accusative	τὸν πλόκᾰμον tòn plókamon	τὼ πλοκᾰ́μω tṑ plokámō	τοὺς πλοκᾰ́μους toùs plokámous
Vocative	πλόκᾰμε plókame	πλοκᾰ́μω plokámō	πλόκᾰμοι plókamoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐϋπλόκᾰμος (eüplókamos)
• μελᾰνοπλόκᾰμος (melanoplókamos)
• πλοκᾰμῐ́ς (plokamís)

 

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