Definition of "comae" [comae]

• Plural of coma2. (noun)

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• "His death could not have comae at a more convenient time, nor in a more perfectly explainable way!"
• "Nam neque arborum comae pro pecorum tuguriis factae meridie per aestatem, optabilem exhibentes umbram oves ita reficiunt, ac scripturarum lectio afflictas angore animas solatur et recreat."
• "I was determined to be, what I thought, civil; I made fine low bows, and placed myself below everybody; but when I was spoken to, or attempted to speak myself, obstupui, steteruntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit."