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 • (plókămos) 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 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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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