The hair

pĭlus, i, m., a hair (syn.: villus, seta).

Lit.:

capra pilos ministrat ad usum nauticum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11:

munitae sunt palpebrae vallo pilorum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

caudae pilos equinae vellere,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45:

duris aspera crura pilis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 194:

contra pilum equum fricare, Pelag. Vet. 26: in capite homini plurimus pilus,

Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130.—Prov.:

non minus molestum est calvis quam comatis pilos velli,

Sen. Tranq. An. 8, 2, 3:

propius quidem est a sole mons quam campus aut valles, sed sic, quomodo est pilus pilo crassior,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 11, 4.—

Transf.

Collect., hair, the hair:

fruticante pilo neglecta et squalida crura,

Juv. 9, 15.—

As a designation of insignificance, a hair, a trifle; usually joined with a negative, not a hair, not a bit, not a whit (class.):

ego ne pilo quidem minus me amabo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 5:

interea e Cappadociā ne pilum quidem,

id. Att. 5, 20, 6:

ne ullum pilum viri boni habere dicatur,

has not a hair of a good man about him, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

non facit pili cohortem,

does not value it a straw, Cat. 10, 13; cf.:

nec pili facit uni,

cares not a pin about it, id. 17, 16.—In plur., a garment or fabric made of hair:

vestitus pilis cameli,

Vulg. Marc. 1, 6.

pīlus, i, m. [pilum], regularly joined with primus: primus pilus (in the gen. written also as one word, primipili), the division of the triarii in the Roman army:

P. Sextius Baculus, primi pili centurio,

Caes. B. G. 3, 5; id. B. C. 1, 13: T. Balventius, qui superiore anno primum pilum duxerat, had been leader, captain of the triarii, id. B. G. 5, 35; Liv. 42, 34, 11: aliquem ad primum pilum transducere, to transfer, advance to the triarii, Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 5: primos pilos ademit, took the command of the triarii, of the primipili, Suet. Calig. 44:

vetus consuetudo tenuit, ut ex primo principe legionis promeretur centurio primi pili, qui non solum aquilae praeerat, verum etiam quatuor centurias in primā acie gubernabat,

Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—Without primus:

referes pili praemia,

Mart. 6, 58, 10; 1, 32, 3.—

Transf.: primipilus (in inscrr. also written PRIMOPIL, and abbrev. P. P.), the chief centurion of the triarii (the transf. arose from the circumstance that the chief centurion of this division was originally designated by the term primi pili, with the omission of the easily supplied centurio, as is shown by the following citation from Liv. 7, 41, 5;

soon, however, from primi pili, a new word, primipilus or primopilus, was formed): primus centurio erat, quem nunc primi pili appellant,

Liv. 7, 41, 5; 8, 8, 16:

primipilo P. Sext. Baculo vulneribus confecto,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

aquilarum altera vix convelli a primipilo potuit,

Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Inscr. (of the time of Trajan) Orell. 799: SEX. AVLIENO SEX. F. PRIMOPIL. II., Inscr. (of the time of Tiberius or Caligula) Orell. 3426 M. P.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 3, p. 264.

căpillus, i, m. ( căpillum, i, n., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97, acc to Non. p. 198, 20) [a dim. form, akin to caput and Gr. kephalê; lit., adj. sc. crinis].

Lit., the hair of the head, the hair (while crinis is any hair).

Collect. (hence, acc. to Varr, ap. Charis. p. 80 P. in his time used only in the sing.; but the plur is found once in Cic., and since the Aug. poets very freq.) capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 56:

versipellis,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48:

compositus (or -um, acc. to Non. l. l.),

id. Most. 1, 3, 97; Ter Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.;

5, 2, 21: compositus et delibutus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:

horridus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

promissus,

long hair, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

longus barbaque promissa,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1: horrens. Tac. G. 38:

ornatus,

Prop. 1, 2, 1:

tonsus,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

niger,

Hor. A. P. 37:

albus,

id. Epod. 17, 23:

albescens,

id. C. 3, 14, 25:

fulvus,

Ov. M. 12, 273 (opp. barba):

virgines tondebant barbam et capillum patris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

capillum et barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—

A hair (sing. very rare):

in imaginem capilli unius sat multorum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 29.—So plur. (freq.), Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Prop. 1, 15, 11; 3 (4), 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; 1, 29, 7; 2, 11, 15; 3, 20, 14; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 11, 3, 160 (in Ov. M. alone more than fifty times).—

Transf.

The hair of men gen., both of the head and beard:

Dionysius cultros metuens tonsorios, candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Beier (cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

ut barbam et capillum sibi adurerent): ex barbā capillos detonsos neglegimus,

Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Suet. Ner. 1.—

The hair of animals:

cuniculi,

Cat. 25, 1:

apum,

Col. 9, 10, 1; Pall. Jun. 7, 7:

haedi,

Gell. 12, 1, 15:

membranae,

Pers. 3, 10; cf. Macr. S. 5, 11.—

The threads or fibres of plants, Phn. 21, 6, 17, §

33: capillus in rosā,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 121; hence, capillus Veneris, a plant, also called herba capillaris, maidenhair, App. Herb. 47.

căpillus, i, m. ( căpillum, i, n., Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 97, acc to Non. p. 198, 20) [a dim. form, akin to caput and Gr. kephalê; lit., adj. sc. crinis].

Lit., the hair of the head, the hair (while crinis is any hair).

Collect. (hence, acc. to Varr, ap. Charis. p. 80 P. in his time used only in the sing.; but the plur is found once in Cic., and since the Aug. poets very freq.) capillus passus, prolixus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 56:

versipellis,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48:

compositus (or -um, acc. to Non. l. l.),

id. Most. 1, 3, 97; Ter Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.;

5, 2, 21: compositus et delibutus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 135:

horridus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

promissus,

long hair, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

longus barbaque promissa,

Nep. Dat. 3, 1: horrens. Tac. G. 38:

ornatus,

Prop. 1, 2, 1:

tonsus,

Ov. M. 8, 151:

niger,

Hor. A. P. 37:

albus,

id. Epod. 17, 23:

albescens,

id. C. 3, 14, 25:

fulvus,

Ov. M. 12, 273 (opp. barba):

virgines tondebant barbam et capillum patris,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

capillum et barbam promisisse,

Liv. 6, 16, 4; Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231.—

A hair (sing. very rare):

in imaginem capilli unius sat multorum,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 29.—So plur. (freq.), Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Prop. 1, 15, 11; 3 (4), 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; 1, 29, 7; 2, 11, 15; 3, 20, 14; Quint. 8, 2, 7; 11, 3, 160 (in Ov. M. alone more than fifty times).—

Transf.

The hair of men gen., both of the head and beard:

Dionysius cultros metuens tonsorios, candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum,

Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25 Beier (cf. id. Tusc. 5, 20, 58:

ut barbam et capillum sibi adurerent): ex barbā capillos detonsos neglegimus,

Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Suet. Ner. 1.—

The hair of animals:

cuniculi,

Cat. 25, 1:

apum,

Col. 9, 10, 1; Pall. Jun. 7, 7:

haedi,

Gell. 12, 1, 15:

membranae,

Pers. 3, 10; cf. Macr. S. 5, 11.—

The threads or fibres of plants, Phn. 21, 6, 17, §

33: capillus in rosā,

id. 21, 18, 73, § 121; hence, capillus Veneris, a plant, also called herba capillaris, maidenhair, App. Herb. 47.

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cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

cōmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [co- (i. e. con) and emo; cf.: demo, promo].

To bring together, form, frame, construct (Lucretian):

dum perspicis omnem Naturam rerum quā constet compta figurā,

Lucr. 1, 950 Munro ad loc.:

nunc ea quo pacto inter sese mixta quibusque compta modis vigeant,

id. 3, 259:

quibus e rebus cum corpore compta vigeret (animi natura), Quove modo distracta rediret in ordia prima,

id. 4, 27.—

To care for, take care of.

Prop., in the class. per. usu. of the care of the hair, to comb, arrange, braid, dress; absol.:

amica dum comit dumque se exornat,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 19:

capillos,

Cic. Pis. 11, 25; Verg. A. 10, 832:

nitidum caput,

Tib. 1, 8, 16:

caput in gradus atque anulos,

Quint. 12, 10, 47:

comas acu,

id. 2, 5, 12:

comas hasta recurva,

Ov. F. 2, 560:

capillos dente secto,

Mart. 12, 83.— Transf. to the person:

sacerdos Fronde super galeam et felici comptus olivā,

wreathed, Verg. A. 7, 751:

Tisiphone serpentibus undique compta,

id. Cul. 218:

pueri praecincti et compti,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 70:

longas compta puella comas,

Ov. Am. 1, 1, 20.—

In partic., to adorn, deck, ornament:

corpora si quis vulsa atque fucata muliebriter comat,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: colla genasque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 110:

vultus,

Claud. in Eutr. 2, 337:

vestes et cingula manu,

id. VI. Cons. Hon. 525.—

Transf. of things:

vittā comptos praetendere ramos,

Verg. A. 8, 128: colus compta, i. e. furnished or adorned with wool, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194.—

Trop., to deck, adorn:

Cleopatra simulatum compta dolorem,

Luc. 10, 83.—Esp. freq. of rhet. ornament:

non quia comi expolirique non debeat (oratio),

Quint. 8, 3, 42; cf.:

linguae orationisque comendae gratiā,

Gell. 1, 9, 10.—Hence, comptus ( - mtus), a, um, P. a., adorned, ornamented, decked:

juvenes ut femina compti,

Ov. H. 4, 75:

anima mundissima atque comptissima,

Aug. Quant. Anim. 33.—But usu. of discourse, embellished, elegant:

compta et mitis oratio,

Cic. Sen. 9, 28 (al. composita):

comptior sermo,

Tac. H. 1, 19:

(Vinicius) comptae facundiae,

id. A. 6, 15.— Transf. to the person:

Isocrates in diverso genere dicendi nitidus et comptus,

Quint. 10, 1, 79. — Adv.: comptē ( comt-), with ornament, elegantly, only trop.:

compte disserere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 6:

agere rem,

Gell. 7, 3, 52.—

* Comp.:

comptius dicere,

Gell. 7, 3, 53.— Sup., Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66, acc. to Ritschl (al. comissime).

cŏmo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [coma].

Neutr., to be furnished with hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Paul. Nol. 28, 246.—But freq. cŏmans, antis, P. a.

Having long hair, hairy, covered with hair ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

colla equorum,

Verg. A. 12, 86; cf.:

equus florā et comante jubā,

Gell. 3, 9, 3:

equae,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 180:

tori,

Verg. A. 12, 6:

crines,

Sil. 16, 59:

saetae hircorum,

Verg. G. 3, 312; cf.:

pellis comata villis,

Val. Fl. 8, 122:

galea = cristata,

crested, plumed, Verg. A. 2, 391; cf.

cristae,

id. ib. 3, 468.—

Transf., of growths, etc., resembling hair:

stella,

having a radiant, hairy train, a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749:

astro comantes Tyndaridae,

ornamented with stars, Val. Fl. 5, 267:

sera comans narcissus,

that puts out leaves late, Verg. G. 4, 122:

dictamnus flore Purpureo,

id. A. 12, 413:

jugum silvae,

leafy, Val. Fl. 3, 403:

silvae,

id. 1, 429:

folia,

luxuriant, Plin. 13, 8, 16, § 59:

pinus,

Sil. 10, 550:

humus,

Stat. Th. 5, 502.—

Act., to clothe or deck with hair or something like hair (as verb. finit. only post-class.), Tert. Pall. 3.—Freq. (esp. in the post-Aug. per.) cŏmātus, a, um, P. a., having long hair:

tempora,

Mart. 10, 83, 13; Val. Fl. 7, 636; and subst.: cŏmā-tus, i, m., Suet. Calig. 35; Mart. 1, 73, 8; 12, 70, 9.—As adj. propr.: Gallia Comata, Transalpine Gaul (opp. togata), Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 27; Mel. 3, 2, 4; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105; Cat. 29, 3; Luc. 1, 443.— Transf.:

silva,

leafy, Cat. 4, 11.

crīnis, is, m. ( fem., Atta ap. Non. p. 202, 29; acc. to the latter also Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; and so in Ritschl) [kindr. with crista; cf. korus, koruphê], the hair.

Prop. (class.;

esp. freq. in the poets),

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 76; Caes. B. G. 1, 51; id. B. C. 3, 9; Liv. 1, 13, 1; 3, 7, 8 et saep.; Verg. A. 1, 480; Cat. 64, 391; Hor. C. 2, 5, 24; 2, 19, 20 et saep.: capere crines, i. e. to marry (since the matrons distinguished themselves from maidens by their hair-dress), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; cf. id. Mil. 3, 1, 195; and Fest. p. 339, 23 Müll.—Collectively, in sing., = crines, Hor. C. 1, 32, 12; 2, 12, 23 sq.—

Rarely a hair:

uxor rufa crinibus septem,

Mart. 12, 32, 4.—

Meton., of objects resembling hair; so,

The tail of a comet, Verg. A. 5, 528; Ov. M. 15, 849; Plin. 2, 25, 22, §§ 89 and 90 al. (cf. crinitus, under crinio, II. B.); the rays of stars, Val. Fl. 2, 42; of the fire, id. 1, 205.—

The feelers of polypi:

conchas (polypi) conplexu crinium frangunt,

Plin. 9, 29, 46, § 86; of the cuttle-fish, Apic. 2, 1.—

The fibres of wood:

crines ramentorum,

Plin. 16, 42, 82, § 225.

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caesărĭes, ēi, f. [kindr. with Sanscr. kēsa, coma, caesaries, Bopp, Gloss. p. 85, a], a dark (acc. to Rom. taste, beautiful) head of hair, the hair (mostly poet.; only sing.).

Of men (so most freq.), Plaut. Mil. 1, 2, 64:

ipsa decoram Caesariem nato genitrix afflarat,

Verg. A. 1, 590:

nitida,

id. G. 4, 337: flava, *Juv. 13, 165: pectes caesariem, *Hor. C. 1, 15, 14:

umeros tegens,

Ov. M. 13, 914:

terrifica,

id. ib. 1, 180:

horrida fieri,

id. ib. 10, 139:

horrifica,

Luc. 2, 372 et saep.—In prose:

promissa,

Liv. 28, 35, 6; Vulg. Num. 6, 5.—

Of women, Cat. 66, 8; Verg. G. 4, 337 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. Am. 3, 1, 32; id. M. 4, 492.—

Transf., the hair of dogs, Grat. Cyn. 272.—

Barbae, the hair of the beard (very rare), Ov M. 15, 656.

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cŏma, ae, f., = komê, the hair of the head (hence barba comaeque, Ov. M. 7, 288), considered as an ornament for the head: comae dicuntur capilli cum aliquā curā compositi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 63, 13 Müll. (class., esp. in poetry and post-Aug. prose; very rare in Cic.).—With adj.:

unguentis effluens calamistrata coma,

Cic. Sest. 8, 18:

madens,

id. post Red. in Sen. 6, 13: fulva, xanthê, Prop. 2, 2, 5:

flava,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 4; Tib. 1, 5, 44:

myrtea,

id. 3, 4, 28:

longa,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28:

nitidae,

Prop. 3 (4), 10, 14; cf.: spissā te nitidum. Hor. C. 3, 19, 25:

odorata,

Ov. A. A. 2, 734; cf.

ambrosiae,

Verg. A. 1, 403:

cana,

Tib. 1, 6, 86:

virides Nereidum,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 10:

regia (of Berenice),

Cat. 66, 93:

ventis horrida facta,

Tib. 1, 9, 14; cf.:

dare diffundere ventis,

Verg. A. 1, 319. —With verb:

deciderint comae,

Hor. C. 4, 10, 3: ne comae turbarentur, quas componi post paulum vetuit. Quint. 11, 3, 148:

componere,

Ov. H. 12, 156:

comere,

id. ib. 21, 88; cf.:

inustas comere acu,

Quint. 2, 5, 12: [p. 373] pectere, Ov. H. 13, 39:

in gradus frangere,

Quint. 1, 6, 44; cf.:

formare in gradum,

Suet. Ner. 51:

longam renodare,

Hor. Epod. 11, 28; cf. id. C. 2, 11, 24:

positu variare,

Ov. M. 2, 412; cf.

ponere,

id. F. 1, 406:

componere,

id. R. Am. 679:

rutilare et summittere (after the manner of the Germans),

Suet. Calig. 47:

sertis implicare,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

Delphicā lauro cingere,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 16; cf.

in a Gr. constr.: fronde comas vincti,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: scindens dolore intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62 (transl. of Hom. Il. 10, 15).—So of Venus lamenting Adonis:

effusā isse comā,

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 56;

and in a Gr. constr.: scissa comam,

Verg. A. 9, 478; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52; id. H. 12, 63; id. M. 4, 139; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 110.—

Of animals, of the golden fleece: agnus aureā clarus comā, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68 (Trag. Rel. v. 211 Rib.); cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 736.— The mane of lions, Gell. 5, 14, 9;

of the horse,

Pall. 4, 13, 2.—

The crest of a helmet, Stat. Th. 8, 389.—

Transf., of objects resembling the hair in appearance or in ornamental effect; most freq. acc. to a trope common in most languages, of leaves, grass, etc., foliage, ears, grass, and stalks of trees, etc., Cat. 4, 12; Tib. 1, 4, 30; Prop. 3 (4), 16, 28; Hor. C. 1, 21, 5; 4, 3, 11; 4, 7, 2; Tib. 2, 1, 48; Prop. 4 (5), 2, 14; Ov. Am 3, 10, 12; id. F 4, 438; Verg. G. 4, 137; Col. 10, 277, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30; 18, 7, 10, § 53; 19, 6, 32, § 102.—

The wool or hair upon parchment, Tib. 3, 1, 10.— Poet., of the rays of light, Cat. 61, 78; 61, 99; Sen. Oedip. 311; id. Herc. Oet. 727.

căpillātus, a, um, P. a. of capillor, not in use, having hair, hairy (cf. barbatus):

adulescens bene capillatus,

with a fine head of hair, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Suet. Vesp. 23:

capillatior quam ante,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13.— As a designation of a primitive age (since the hair was not then shorn; v. barba and barbatus): (vinum) capillato diffusum consule, i.e. very old wine, Juv 5, 30.—Prov.:

fronte capillată, post est occasio calva,

Cato, Dist. 2, 26; cf. Phaedr. 5, 8, 1 sqq.— Subst.: căpillāti, ōrum, m., young aristocrats, Mart. 3, 57, 31.—

Capillata vel capillaris arbor, a tree on which the Vestal virgins suspended their shorn hair, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll.; cf. Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 235.—

Transf., of plants, consisting of slender fibres:

radices,

Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98:

folia,

id. 16, 24, 38, § 90.

căpillātus, a, um, P. a. of capillor, not in use, having hair, hairy (cf. barbatus):

adulescens bene capillatus,

with a fine head of hair, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 58; Suet. Vesp. 23:

capillatior quam ante,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13.— As a designation of a primitive age (since the hair was not then shorn; v. barba and barbatus): (vinum) capillato diffusum consule, i.e. very old wine, Juv 5, 30.—Prov.:

fronte capillată, post est occasio calva,

Cato, Dist. 2, 26; cf. Phaedr. 5, 8, 1 sqq.— Subst.: căpillāti, ōrum, m., young aristocrats, Mart. 3, 57, 31.—

Capillata vel capillaris arbor, a tree on which the Vestal virgins suspended their shorn hair, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57 Müll.; cf. Plin. 16, 44, 85, § 235.—

Transf., of plants, consisting of slender fibres:

radices,

Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 98:

folia,

id. 16, 24, 38, § 90.

căpillāmentum, i, n. [id.].

The hair, collect., Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38; esp. false hair, a peruke, Suet. Calig. 11; Petr. 110, 5, Tert. Cult. Fem. 7.—

Transf.

The hairy threads or fibres of the roots or leaves of plants, etc.:

capillamenta vitis,

Sen. Ep. 86, 20:

seminum,

Col. 4, 11, 1; 4, 22, 4:

radicum,

Plin. 19, 6, 31, § 99; 27, 12, 80, § 105.—

Hair-like streaks on precious stones:

rimae simile,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28; 37, 5, 18, § 68.

căpillātūra, ae, f. [id.], prop., the being hairy; and then per meton., the hair; esp. false hair (post-Aug.), Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190; Tert. Cult. Fem. 7; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 35; id. Acut. 1, 4, 79; 2, 9, 41.—

Transf., the hair-like streaks in precious stones, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 190.

cirrus, i, m. (used mostly in plur.), a (natural) lock, curl, ringlet, or tuft of hair (rare): cirri, Varr. ap. Non. p. 94, 21; Mart. 10, 83.— Sing.:

cirrus,

Juv. 13, 165.—Also, the hair on the forehead of a horse, Veg. 2, 28, 34; 6, 2, 1.—

Transf.

A tuft of feathers or crest of birds, Plin. 11, 37, 44, § 122.—

The arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 28, 44, § 83; 25, 7, 33, § 70; 26, 8, 37, § 58.—

Filaments of plants similar to tufts of hair, Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; 27, 4, 9, § 25.—

A fringe upon a tunic, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13; cf. cirratus, II.