opisthosphendone

Examples of opisthosphendone in a sentence

• It is characteristically broad in front and narrow behind, being thus opposite in its arrangement to the opisthosphendone.1890–1891, “sphendone (sfen´dọ̄-nē), n.”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English...
• Her hair is drawn back from the face in a wavy mass, and confined with an opisthosphendone knotted over the forehead.1899, William Henry Forman, The Forman Collection. Catalogue of the Egyptian, Greek & Roman Antiquities and Objects of Art of the...
• The hair is arranged in loose flying locks, and she wears an opisthosphendone, a band or kerchief with which the hair was caught up behind, and an earring in the shape of a pendant rosette.1915, Gisela M[arie] A[ugusta] Richter, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes, New York, N.Y., page 257:
• The mitre was of wool; the opisthosphendone was the part of it wrapping the back-hair; it was sling-shaped.1926, Paul Louis de Giafferri, The History of the Feminine Costume of the World, from the Year 5318 B.C. to Our Century, page 91, column 1:

Origin of opisthosphendone

From Ancient Greek ὀπισθοσφενδόνη (opisthosphendónē), from ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “behind”) + σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).

Related words

• sphendone

Questions about opisthosphendone

What does opisthosphendone mean?

Opisthosphendone means a plain or ornamented band of fabric, broad in the middle and narrow at the ends, and fastened in the front, used in Ancient Greece to support the hair behind the head.

How do you use opisthosphendone in a sentence?

It is characteristically broad in front and narrow behind, being thus opposite in its arrangement to the opisthosphendone.

What part of speech is opisthosphendone?

Opisthosphendone is a noun.