krobylos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient Athenian hairstyle in which the hair was rolled up into a kind of knot on the crown of the head, and fastened with golden clasps in the shape of grasshoppers.

Word forms

krobylos krobyloi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρωβύλος (krōbúlos).

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