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κόρση

κόρση, one of the temples, the side of the forehead

κόρσ-η, ἡ, Att. κόρρη, Dor. κόρρα Theoc. 14.34, Aeol. κόρσα Alc. 34.5:—
  • 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 ῥʼ Ὀδυσεὺς . . βάλε κόρσην· ἡ δʼ ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο πέρησεν αἰχμή 4.502, cf. Call. Dian. 78.
      • 2 in 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. 6[20].2, Gall. 30, cf. EM 529.39.
      • 3 in pl., hair, λευκὰς δὲ κ. τῇδʼ 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. I.4).
      • 4 head, κ. ἀναύχενες Emp. 57.1, cf. Nic. Th. 905, Opp. C. 3.25; Att. for the whole head and neck, Ael.Dion. Fr. 235; 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.)

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