τρίχες [5 verses](noun pl fem nom )"Hair" is thrix, which means "human hair," "a single hair," "a horses mane," "sheep's wool," "pig bristles," "a hair's breadth." -- "Hair" is the Greek word for both the hair of humans and animals. It is also a metaphor for life ("losing your head" in Greek doesn't mean losing emotional control but losing your life). In Greek, it meant "next to nothing." For example, being a hair from death means being virtually dead.