φᾰλακρ-ός, ά, όν,
(φαλός, ἄκρος) baldheaded, [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 68, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.12, 4.23, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 495e, “Sammelb.” 4637.16 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.; properly bald on the crown, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 518a27; φ. τὴν κεφαλήν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Luct.” 16; πρόσωπον φαλακρόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 227; οἱ φαλακροί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 540 (Lyric poetry), “Pax” 767 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.: proverbial of labour in vain, φαλακρῷ κτένας δανείζειν [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Prov.” 26; φαλακρὸν τίλλειν 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 like a bald head, blunt, knobbed, φ. σιδήρια of cauterizing irons, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 11; στρογγύλωσις [prev. work] 61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαλακρότερος (variant{-ώτερος}) εὐδίας [[ 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 108. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 bald spot, ἔχειν φαλακρόν τινα [[ Anonymus “Incred.” 17. ] Refs]
__II ὁ φ. name of a fallacy, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.108. [φᾰλᾰκρός E.[same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 540.] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]