κόρσ-η

κόρσ-η, ἡ, [dialect] Att. [full] κόρρη, [dialect] Dor. [full] κόρρα Theoc.14.34, [dialect] Aeol. [full] κόρσα Alc. 34.5:—

A temple, side of the forehead (in this sense not in pl., for wh. κρόταφοι is used, but cf. Ruf.Onom.13, Poll.2.40),

ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην Il.5.584

, cf. 13.576;

τόν ῥ' Ὀδυσεὺς.. βάλε κόρσην· ἡ δ' ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο πέρησεν αἰχμή 4.502

, cf. Call.Dian.78.

2 in [dialect] Att., πατάξαι ἐπὶ κόρρης smack on the jaw, Pherecr. 155b ( CAF iii p.716), D.21.147; ὅταν κονδύλοις, ὅταν ἐπὶ κόρρης [τύπτῃ], i.e. with the fist, or with the open hand, ib.72;

ἐπὶ κόρρης τύπτειν Pl.Grg. 486c

, 508d, 527a;

ῥαπίζειν ἐπὶ κ. Hyp.Fr.97

( ἐρραπίσθη τὴν γνάθον ibid.); πὺξ ἐπὶ κόρρας ἤλασα Theoc.l.c.; later

κατὰ κόρρης πατάσσειν Luc.DMort.20.2

, Gall.30, cf. EM529.39.

3 in pl., hair,

λευκὰς δὲ κ. τῇδ' ἐπαντέλλειν νόσῳ A.Ch. 282

, cf. Poll.2.32 (perh. the white down in psoriasis): in sg.,

ναὶ μὰ τήνδε τὴν τεφρὴν κόρσην Herod.7.71

(unless in signf. 1.4).

4 head,

κ. ἀναύχενες Emp.57.1

, cf. Nic. Th. 905, Opp.C.3.25; [dialect] Att. for the whole head and neck, Ael.Dion.Fr. 235; [dialect] Ion. for head, Eratosth. ap. Did.in Miller Mél. 400.

II part of a temple gate, Vitr. 4.6.3.

III in pl., = κρόσσαι, Hsch.; also, = κλίμακες, Id. (Perh. cogn. with κάρα.)

κορσ-ήεις, εσσα, εν,

A = κορσοειδής, prob. in Orph. L. 498.

κόρσ-ης, ου, ὁ, nickname of the first man

A who shaved his beard at Athens, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.198.

κορσ-όω, (cf. κουρά, κείρω)

A = κείρειν, Hsch.; cf. ἀεικορσώσασθαι, ἀκόρσωτον, ἀποκορσόομαι.

κορσ-ωτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,

A barber, Call.Fr.anon. 128, Poll.2.32:—also [suff] κορς-ωτεύς, έως, Charon 9.

κορσ-ωτήριον, τό,

A barber's shop, ibid.

κορσ-ωτός, ή, όν,

A = κροσσωτός (which is v.l.), Lyc. 291.

Grammatical information: f. pl.

Meaning: `stepped copings of parapets' (M 258, 444), `courses, steps of the pyramids' (Hdt. 2, 125); πρό-κροσσοι `ranged in rows, ranks' (Ξ 35, Hdt.).

Compounds: κροσσοί m. pl. `tassels, fringe' (Gal., Poll., H.); δί-κροσσος `double bordered' (Poll., EM) mit δικρόσσια n. pl. (Peripl. M. Rubr.).

Derivatives: Diminut. κροσσίον (Hdn.); also as plant-name (Ps.-Dsc.); also κροσσωτός `with fringes' (LXX, Lyc., Plu.), `with steps' (Lyc. 291?; v. l. κορσ-).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Technical expression of unknown origin. Since Bezzenberger BB 12, 239 and Trautmann Balt.-slav. Wb. 139 κρόσσαι from *κροκ-ι̯αι is connected with some Balto-Slavic words for `bar, rod, rafters', e.g. Lith. krãkė `rod, staff' (formally = κρόσσα), krẽklas `rafters', Russ. krókva `bar, club, rafters' (old u-stem); MHG ragen `rise up, stand out' (Zupitza Die germ. Gutt. 122) can be explained in diff. ways. More forms in Pok. 619, Fraenkel Wb. and Vasmer Wb. s. vv. - Compared with the rare and late κροσσοί κροσσωτός, which seems derived from it, is attested much earlier and better. It is therefore suggested that κροσσωτός (and δίκροσσοι with δικρόσσια?) were formed to κρόσσαι (after θυσανωτός; cf. also κνισωτός: κνίση etc.) with transfer from architecture to tailor-work; from there again as backformation the formally difficult κροσσοί. Or comes the expression originally from weaving, to κρόξ, κρόκ-η `woof-thread' (s. κρέκω)? - Fur. 257 connects κόρση (?).

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