Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Coma

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

COMA (κόμη). The hair of the head; nearly synonymous with CAESARIES, but mostly with an implied sense of length and profusion; i. e. a fine head of long thick hair; whence we find the word applied to the mane of animals (Pallad. iv. 13. 2. Aul. Gell. v. 14. 2.); to the horse hair on the crest of a helmet (Stat. Theb. viii. 389. and CRISTA); and often connected with such epithets as intonsa (Cic. Tusc. iii. 26.), demissa (Prop. ii. 24. 52.), and the like.