λοφ-ῐά,
Ionic dialect λοφ-ῐή, ἡ, (λόφος) mane or bristly ridge on the back of animals, mane of horses, bristly back of boars and hyenas [[compare (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a30, “HA” 498b30, 579b16), φρίξας εὖ λοφιήν] Refs 4th c.BC+], of a wild boar, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.446; ὀρθὰς ἐν λοφιῇ φρίσσει τρίχας ἀμφί τε δειρήν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 391 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀντὶ λόφου ἡ λοφιὴ κατέχρα the mane served for a plume, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.70, compare 2.71. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 backfin of dolphins and similar fishes, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.41, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.222 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.19. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II ={λόφος} [[ 11, ] Refs]ridge, [[ LXX.Josh.15.2, +others, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.249 (1st c.AD(?): Maecius Epigrammaticus). ] LXX+1st c.AD+]