κόρση

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Att. κόρρη, Dor. κόρρα Theoc.14.34, Aeol. 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 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; 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.)