The corpus record

φᾰλακρ-ός

phalakros

baldheaded

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Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Categories 1 · 1/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

baldheaded, bald on the crown

baldheaded, Anacr. 68, Hdt. 3.12, 4.23, Hp. Aph. 6.34, Pl. R. 495e, Sammelb. 4637.16 (ii B. C.), etc.; prop. bald on the crown, Arist. HA 518a27; φ. τὴν κεφαλήν Luc. Luct. 16; πρόσωπον φαλακρόν E. Cyc. 227; οἱ φαλακροί Ar. Nu. 540 (lyr.), Pax 767 (lyr.), etc.: prov. of labour in vain, φαλακρῷ κτένας δανείζειν Plu. Prov. 26; φαλακρὸν τίλλειν Suid.

2 like a bald head, blunt, knobbed

like a bald head, blunt, knobbed, φ. σιδήρια of cauterizing irons, Hp. Art. 11; στρογγύλωσις ib. 61; φαλακρότερος (v.l. -ώτερος) εὐδίας Sophr. 108.

3 bald spot

bald spot, ἔχειν φαλακρόν τινα Anon. Incred. 17.

ὁ φ. name of a fallacy, D.L. 2.108. [φᾰλᾰκρός E. l.c., Ar. Nu. 540.]

In the wild

φαλακρὸς · phalakros Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 214)
φαλακροὶ · phalakroi Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1468)
φαλακρόν · phalakron Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 1892)
φαλακρὸν · phalakron Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6578)
φαλακρόν · phalakron Epictetus, Discourses 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6324)
φαλακροὺς · phalakrous Herodotus, Histories 3.12.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2935)

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