κορύσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> Ep. impf. κόρυσσε <span class="bibl">Il.21.306</span>; poet. inf. -έμεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.75</span>:—Med., aor. [[ἐκορυσσάμην]], part. κορυσσάμενος <span class="bibl">Il.19.397</span>:—Pass., pf. [[κεκόρυθμαι]], part. [[κεκορυθμένος]], freq. in Hom. (v. infr.): (κόρυς):— poet., chiefly Ep., Verb, prop. [[furnish with a helmet]]: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> generally, [[fit out]], [[equip]], [[marshal]], πόλεμόν τε κορύσσων <span class="bibl">Il.2.273</span>; κλόνον ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>148</span>; [[μάχην]] ib.<span class="bibl">198</span>; μάχας ἔργον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).58</span>; φιλαιμάτους ἀλκάς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>933</span>:—in Hom. mostly Pass. and Med., [[equip]], [[arm oneself]], τὼ δὲ κορυσσέσθην <span class="bibl">Il.4.274</span>; ὄπιθεν δὲ κορυσσάμενος βῆ Ἀχιλλεύς <span class="bibl">19.397</span>; Αἴας δὲ κορύσσετο νώροπι χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">7.206</span>; κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">5.562</span>, etc.; of things, <b class="b3">δοῦρε δύω κεκορυθμένα χαλκῷ</b> [[headed with]] brass, <span class="bibl">3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">11.43</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ἔγχος, βριθὺ μέγα στιβαρὸν κεκορυθμένον</b> <span class="bibl">16.802</span>: c. acc., <b class="b3">ὅπλων κεκορυθμένος ἔνδυτ</b>' <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1073</span> (lyr.): metaph., ἔριδι κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>279</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[furnish]], [[provide]], βίον κορυσσέμεν ὀρθοβούλοισι μαχαναῖς Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>l.c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[make crested]], <b class="b3">κόρυσσε δὲ κῦμα ῥόοιο</b> [[reared]] his [[crested]] wave, <span class="bibl">Il.21.306</span>:—Pass., [[rear its head]], of a wave, πόντῳ μέν τε πρῶτα κορύσσεται <span class="bibl">Il.4.424</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.R.2.71</span>; of Eris, ἥ τ' ὀλίγη μὲν πρῶτα κορύσσεται <span class="bibl">Il.4.442</span>; <b class="b3">χείμαρρε, τί δὴ τόσον ὧδε κορύσσῃ</b>; <span class="title">AP</span>9.277 (Antiphil.); of clouds, <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.94</span>, etc.; also of birds, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>16</span>: metaph., Δῆμος… πρὸς πνεῦμα βραχὺ κ. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>1324; cf. <b class="b3">κορθύνω.</b> ([[κορύττεται]] 'butts' <span class="bibl">Agath.1.4</span> is prob. [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[κορύπτεται]]: aor. Med. κορύξασθαι, δίκην ἀλεκτρυόνος <span class="bibl">Ath.3.127a</span>, dub.l. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>17</span>.)</span>