πώγων

A. beard, πώγωνα μέγαν ἴσχει Hdt. 1.175; φύει π. grows a beard, Id. 8.104; πώγωνα καθεῖναι to let it grow, Ar. Ec. 99; ὑποκαθιεὶς ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp. 14.7; βαθὺν π. καθειμένος Luc. Philops. 5, cf. Pisc. 11, Plu. Ant. 18; π. ποδήρης καθεῖται Id. 2.52c; πώγωνος ἤδη ὑποπιμπλάμενος just beginning to have a beard, Pl. Prt. 309a; τὸν π. ξύρεσθαι, κατακείρειν, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.198, Plu. 2.52c (Pass.).

2. of animals, π. [ἱππελάφου] Arist. HA 498b34; of the fish τράγος, Clearch. 73; beard of the cock sparrow, Arist. HA 613a31, cf. Clytus 1, etc.; wattles of a cock, Ammon. Diff. s.v. κάλλαια; growth under the chin of a serpent, Philum. Ven. 30.2.

3. in plants, Gal. 12.420, dub.l.in Thphr. HP 6.4.5; γεραὸν πώγωνα, = τραγοπώγωνα, Nic. Fr. 74.71.

4. barb of an arrow, Poll. 7.158, Nonn. D. 29.100 (pl.), Hsch.s.v. ὄγκους, etc.

5. πώγων φλογός, πυρός, beard or tail of fire, A. Ag. 306, E. Fr. 836.

6. name of a harbour at Troezen, Hdt. 8.42 (whence prov. πλεύσειας εἰς Τροιζῆνα, of those wearing false beards, Eust. 287.14; also εἰς Τ. δεῖ βαδίζειν, Suid.).