κομήτης,ου,ὁ, (κομάω)
A. wearing long hair, of the Persians, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.19 ; of dissolute men, Pherecr. 14 , Ar. Nu. 348 , 1101 , etc.;ὁ ἐν Σάμῳ κ., prov. variously expld., Duris 62
J. , etc.; also, simply,with hair on the head, opp.φαλακρός, Pl. R. 454c , cf. Grg. 524c ; κ. τὰ σκέλη
Luc. Bacch. 2
.
2. metaph.,κ. ἰόςafeatheredarrow, S. Tr. 567 ;κ. λειμώνagrassymeadow, E. Hipp. 210 (anap.); θύρσος κισσῷ κομήτης
Id. Ba. 1055
.
II. κομήτης, with or withoutἀστήρ,ὁ ,comet, Arist. Mete. 343b5 , Epicur. Ep. 2p.52U. , etc.
III.
= τιθύμαλλος χαρακίας , Dsc. 4.164.1 .