κόρσεα

κόρσεον

neut nom /voc /acc pl

κόρσης

who shaved his beard: masc acc sg (epic ionic)

κορσεῖα, τά, ([etym.] κόρση)

A temples, Nic.Al. 135; [full] κόρσεα, ib. 414.

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.

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