A.barber's shop, the lounging-place where news and scandal were picked up, “καί τοι λόγος γ᾽ ἦν . . πολὺς ἐπὶ τοῖσι κουρείοισι τῶν καθημένων” Ar.Pl.338, cf. Av.1441; “πόλλ᾽ ἔμαθον ἐν τοῖσι κ. ἐγὼ ἀτ όπως καθίζων κοὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν” Eup.180, cf. Lys.24.20, D.25.52, AP6.307 (Phan.), Sammelb.6762.2 (iii B. C.); εἰς κ. 'to my barber's bill', Lys.32.20 (v.l.); “ἐν κουρείοις ἢ μυροπωλίοις” Phld.Ir. p.47 W.
κουρ-εῖον , τό, (κουρά)