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κουρά , Ion. κοτυλ-ρή , ἡ, (κείρω)
A.cropping of the hair, “τῶν τριχῶν τὴν κ. κείρεσθαι” Hdt.3.8; “κουρᾶς δεῖσθαι” Arist.PA658b20; “ἐν χρῷ κ.” Diocl. Fr.141: freq. as a sign of mourning, “κ. πενθίμῳ” E.Alc.512, Or.458; “κουραῖσι καὶ θρήνοισι” Id.Hel.1054; “κουραῖς διατετιλμένης φόβην” S.Fr. 659.7.
2. generally, cropping, lopping, “δρυοτομικὴ καὶ κ. σύμπασα” Pl.Plt.288d; of animals that feed on grass, Arist.PA693a17.
3. shearing of sheep, Porph.Abst.3.26, PThead.8.6 (iv A. D.).
II. that which is cut off:
1. lock of hair, A.Ch.226.
2. wool shorn, fleece, PCair.Zen.433.26 (pl., iii B. C.); “κουρᾷ κοσμοῦντα θρέμματα” Porph.Abst.3.19: pl., κουρὰς προβάτων καὶ γάλα βοῶν ib.18.
3. cut-off end, “σφηνός” Ph.Bel.67.12; “δοκῶν” Inscr.Délos442A157 (ii B. C.); ἡ κάτω κ., of a rod, Hero Dioptr.5: in pl., slips of wood, Ph. Bel.57.22.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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