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κορμός

κορμός, the trunk

κορμός (A), ὁ, (κείρω)
  • trunk of a tree (with the boughs lopped off), Od. 23.196, E. Hec. 575, HF 242; κ. ἐλάας Ar. Lys. 255; κ. ἐλάϊνοι PCair.Zen. 431 (iii B. C.); κορμοὶ ξύλων logs of timber, Hdt. 7.36, PCair.Zen. 154.2 (iii B. C.); κ. ναυτικοί, i.e. oars, E. Hel. 1601.
      • 2 ἀπὸ κορμοῦ εἰς κορμόν, in measurement of an irrigated vineyard, prob. from block to block, i.e. from sluice to sluice, PFlor. 50.2, al. (iii A. D.); cf. κορμολογία.

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