The corpus record

καλλίθριξ

kallithrix · ὁ

with beautiful manes

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k

What it meant — LSJ

with beautiful manes, with fine wool, with beautiful hair

with beautiful manes, καλλίτριχας ἵππους Il. 5.323, Od. 3.475, etc.; of sheep, with fine wool, καλλίτριχα μῆλα νομεύων 9.336, cf. 469: in late Prose, with beautiful hair, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.45.

II waterwort, Asplenium trichomanes

Subst., καλλίθριξ, waterwort, Asplenium trichomanes, Plin. HN 25.132.

In the wild

καλλίτριχας · kallitrichas Shield of Heracles 372
καλλίτριχες · kallitriches Iliad 10.491
καλλίτριχας · kallitrichas Iliad 11.280
καλλίτριχας · kallitrichas Iliad 11.531
καλλίτριχας · kallitrichas Iliad 13.819
καλλίτριχε · kallitriche Iliad 17.504

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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