παρωτίς

ίδος, ἡ

οὖς

A. tumour of the parotid gland, Dsc. 2.80, Gal. 16.484, etc.
2. lobe of the ear, Lyc. 1402.
3. lock of hair or curl by the ear, Poll. 2.28.
4. Archit., = οὖς 11.2, ornament depending from the end of the ὑπέρθυρον, λίθοι παρωτίδες Rev.Phil. 44.250 (Didyma, ii B.C.), cf. Vitr. 4.6.4.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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