κόμ-η, ἡ,
hair of the head, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.406, etc.: less frequently in _plural_, κὰδ δὲ κάρητος οὔλας ἧκε κόμας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.231 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (i.e. κόμαις Χαρίτων) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.51 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμην κείρειν, κείρεσθαι (see. κείρω); κόμην τρέφειν to let the hair grow long, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82; κ. φορεῖν “PGnom.” 188 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμη δι᾽ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1261; καθεῖσαν εἰς ὤμους κόμας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 695 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false hair, wig, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 911 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμης ἀνάπλεως unkempt, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 30. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 of the beard, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.8.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 gill or branchia of the cuttlefish, uncertain in [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, arms or suckers, [[ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 4.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, foliage of trees, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.195, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 296, etc.; δόνακος 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.28 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of herbs, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.164.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.268] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of corn, ληΐου κ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 88.3; λειμώνων κόμαι “IG” 14.1389i i 11] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially ={τραγοπώγων}, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.143. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]