κορσός κορμός

κορσός, ὁ,

A = κορμός, Hsch. (Cf. κοῦρος (B).)

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `cropping of the hair, the beard, wool', also of trees and grass; `lock of hair, of wool, fur'; `cut-off end, slips of wood' (IA.).

Derivatives: 1. κουρεύς m. `shaver, barber' (Att.); name of a bird (H.; after the sound), with κουρεῖον ` barber-shop' (Att.), with κουρεακός ` talkative' (Plb.; on the formation Schwyzer 497); also κουρευτής `id.' (Gloss.), f. κουρεύτρια (Plu.), κουρευτικός `used for shaving' (sch., Olymp.); cf. κουρεύομαι below; on κουρεύς etc. Boßhardt Die Nomina auf - ευς 46. - 2. κούρειον (- εον) n. ` sacrifice of hair etc. on the Apaturia (S., Is., inscr.) with Κούρειος surn. of Apollon (Teos), κουρεῶτις, - ιδος ( ἡμέρα, ἑορτή) f. `the third day of the Apaturia, on which the hair of the young boys and girles was offered' (Pl., inscr.; Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 137 a. 493), Κουρεών (-ηϊών) - ῶνος m. monthname in Magnesia on the Maeander (inscr.; s. Nachmanson Magn. 23 n. 1, 50). Here also with bleached 2. member αἱμα-κουρίαι pl. ` bloodoffer' (Pi.). - 3. κούριμος `belonging to the cropping, shaved' (trag., Plu.), also κουρεύσιμος (sch.) as if from *κούρευσις ( κουρεύομαι); Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 79f. - 4. κουρικός ` used for the cropping' (pap.). - 5. κουρίς, - ίδος f. `id.' ( μάχαιρα; Cratin.), ` polisher-girl' (com., Plb.). - 6. κουρίας m. ` who has his hair shaved' (Luc., D. L.). - 7. κουράς ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὀροφώμασι γραφή, ὀροφικὸς πίναξ H.; also ἐγκουράς (A. Fr. 142, H.). - 8. κουρῖτις f. plant-name, ` περιστερεὼν ὕπτιος, Verbena officinalis' (Ps.-Dsc., Ps.-Apul.; motive unknown, cf. Redard Les noms grecs en - της 73). - Denomin. verbs: 1. κουριάω `need cropping, have long hair' (Pherecr., Plu., Luc.; after the verbs of disease in - ιάω, Schwyzer 732); 2. κουρίζω, - ίξαι `shave, cut' (Thphr., H.); 3. κουρεύομαι `adopt the tonsura, have short hair' (Just., Sch.). - On κοῦρος a. κουρίξ s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [945] * kers- ` shave'

Etymology: As primary verbal noun κουρά stands for *κορσά (on he phonetics Schwyzer 285f., Lejeune Traité de phon. 108 n. 3, 119 n. 2); the verb is seen in Hitt. karš-mi ` cut off' (IE rather *kérs-mi than *kórs-mi); with t-enlargement Toch. A kärṣt-, B kärst- `cut off, destroy'. Traces of the same verb (with diff. sound-development) show Gr. ἀ-κερσε-κόμης, Κόρσης nickname of a smooth-shaved man (Chrysipp.), κορσός κορμός H., κορσοῦν κείρειν H. with κορσᾶς m. (pap.), κορσω-τήρ (Call., Poll.) `barber', - τεύς `id.' (Ath. 12, 520e), - τήριον `barber-shop' (ibd.); further κόρση, s. v. - Pok. 945). Further s. κείρω.

Page in Frisk: 1,935

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `temple, hair on the t.', metaph. `parapets etc.' (Il.; in Att. expressions πατάσσειν, τύπτειν, ῥαπίζειν ἐπὶ κόρρης; where prose has κρόταφος).

Other forms: Att. κόρρη, Aeol. κόρσα, Dor. κόρρα

Compounds: Compp. πυρσόκορσος "with red temples(hair)", i. e. `with red manes' ( λέων; A. Fr. 110), ψιλο-κόρσης m. `bald-headed' (Call., Hdn.); κορσο-ειδής ( λίθος) "with the colour of the temples", i. e. `gray' (Plin.; cf. MGr. κορσίτης; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 56), Κορρί-μαχος (Thess.; Kretschmer Glotta 2, 350).

Derivatives: κορσεῖα, κόρσεα pl. `temples' (Nic.); κορσήεις = κορσοειδής (Orph. L. 498 [?]).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [938] * (s)ker- `cut'

Etymology: Prob. as subst. adj. "shaven place" to κορσός *`shaven' (after H. = κορμός), with σ-ο-suffix to κείρειν; cf. esp. κορσοῦν κείρειν H., ἀ-κερσε-κόμης and κουρά (s. v.). This interpretation goes back to antiquity, e. g. Poll. 2, 32: καὶ κόρσας τινες ἐκάλεσαν τὰς τρίχας διὰ τὸ κείρεσθαι; it was in recent times defended by Wackernagel KZ 29, 128 and Schwyzer 285. Only `hair' is not the original meaning, but a poetic metaphor; we have to start from `haircut (a the side of the head)', s. Frisk GHÅ 57: 4, 14ff. with many parallels. - Not (s. Bq) to κέρας. To be rejected also J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 374 ; Forbes Glotta 36, 258ff. (to κρόταφος). Cf. K. Forbes, Glotta 36 (1958) 191-205.

Page in Frisk: 1,923