κόρυμβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, pl. both <b class="b3">κόρυμβοι</b> and heterocl. <b class="b3">κόρυμβα</b> (v. infr.), (κόρυς, κορυφή) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">uppermost point</b>, once in Hom., <b class="b3">νηῶν… ἄκρα κόρυμβα</b> <b class="b2">high-pointed sterns</b> of ships, <span class="bibl">Il.9.241</span> ( = [[ἄφλαστα]], [[ἀκροστόλια]], Hsch., but the meaning was disputed, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>222</span>); νεὼς κόρυμβα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 411</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>258</span> (lyr.); ἀφλάστοιο κόρυμβα <span class="bibl">A.R.2.601</span>; ἄφλαστα καὶ κ. Lyc.295. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> the [[top]] of a hill, φεύγοντες ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρεος τὸν κ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.218</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.9.23</span>; ἐπ' ἄκρον κ. ὄχθου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>659</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κρωβύλος]], [[κ. τῶν τριχῶν]] Heraclid.Pont. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.12.512c</span>; ἀσκητὸς ἐϋσπείροισι κορύμβοις <span class="title">AP</span>6.219 (Antip.), cf. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>1331. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">cluster of the ivy fruit</b>, <b class="b3">κόρυμβα ἀμφὶ κρητὶ κίσσιν' ἔστεπτο</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Herod.8.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>30</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.8 (Strat.), Plu.2.648f, <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span> 13.7</span>: generally, <b class="b2">cluster of fruit</b> or [[flowers]], <span class="bibl">Mosch.3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>12.224</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m., pl. <b class="b3">-α</b> (<b class="b3">-οι</b>)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">uppermost point of a ship</b> (Ι 241), [[top of a mountain]] (Hdt., A.), <b class="b2">cluster of the ivy fruit</b> (Mosch., Corn., Plu.), <b class="b2">hairknot; = κρωβύλος</b> (Herakleid. Pont.).<br />Other forms: Also <b class="b3">κόρυμνα κόσμος τις γυναικεῖος περιτραχήλιος</b> H.<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κορυμβο-φόρος</b> <b class="b2">bearing fruit</b> (Longos), <b class="b3">δι-κόρυμβος</b> <b class="b2">with two tops</b> (hell. poetry).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κορύμβη</b> f. [[hairknot]] (Asios), [[hairband]] (Antim.). - <b class="b3">κορύμβιον</b> [[grape]] (Dsc.); <b class="b3">κορυμβίας</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b3">κορύμβηλος</b> (Nic.), <b class="b3">κορυμβήθρα</b> (Ps.-Dsc.) [[ivy]], [[Hedera helix]]; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 91, Pflanzennamen 53; <b class="b3">κορυμβίτης</b> (<b class="b3">κισσός</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (medic., Plin., Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 73); <b class="b3">κορυμβώδης</b> <b class="b2">grape-like</b> (v. l. Dsc. 3, 24); <b class="b3">κορυμβόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be bound together in a hairknot</b> (Nic. Dam.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: To [[κορυφή]] (s. v.); Persson Beitr. 2, 584 n. 1.