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κόθορνος

κόθορνος, high boot

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Κόθου Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Κόθος

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κόθορνος, ὁ,
  • buskin, high boot, Hdt. 1.155, 6.125, Ar. Lys. 657, Lysipp. 2, etc.; worn by tragic actors in heroic characters: hence,
      • 2 emblem of Tragedy in the person of Dionysus, Ar. Ra. 47, 557.
      • 3 since the buskins might be worn on either foot, ὁ Κόθορνος, nickname for a trimmer or timeserver, such as Theramenes, X. HG 2.3.31: prov., εὐμεταβολώτερος κοθόρνου Zen. 3.93, etc.

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