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|Definition=ἡ, Att. κόρρη, Dor. κόρρα <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.34</span>, Aeol. κόρσα <span class="bibl">Alc. 34.5</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[temple]], [[side of the forehead]] (in this sense not in plural, for wh. [[κρόταφοι]] is used, but cf. <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.40</span>), ξίφει ἤλασε κόρσην <span class="bibl">Il.5.584</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.576</span>; τόν ῥ' Ὀδυσεὺς… βάλε κόρσην· ἡ δ' ἑτέροιο διὰ κροτάφοιο πέρησεν αἰχμή <span class="bibl">4.502</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Att., <b class="b3">πατάξαι ἐπὶ κόρρης</b> smack on the [[jaw]], <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 155b</span> (<span class="title">CAF</span> iii <span class="bibl">p.716</span>), <span class="bibl">D.21.147</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν κονδύλοις, ὅταν ἐπὶ κόρρης [τύπτῃ</b>], i.e. with the fist, or with the open hand, ib.72; ἐπὶ κόρρης τύπτειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>486c</span>, <span class="bibl">508d</span>, <span class="bibl">527a</span>; ῥαπίζειν ἐπὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>97</span> (<b class="b3">ἐρραπίσθη τὴν γνάθον</b> ibid.); <b class="b3">πὺξ ἐπὶ κόρρας ἤλασα</b> Theoc.l.c.; later κατὰ κόρρης πατάσσειν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>20.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Gall.</span>30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>529.39</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in plural, [[hair]], λευκὰς δὲ κ. τῇδ' ἐπαντέλλειν νόσῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.2.32</span> (perh. the white [[down]] in psoriasis): in sg., ναὶ μὰ τήνδε τὴν τεφρὴν κόρσην <span class="bibl">Herod.7.71</span> (unless in signf. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[head]], κ. ἀναύχενες <span class="bibl">Emp.57.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>905</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.25</span>; Att. for [[the whole head and neck]], <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>235</span>; Ion. for [[head]], Eratosth. ap. Did.in Miller [[Mél]].<span class="bibl">400</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[part of a temple gate]], Vitr. 4.6.3. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in plural, = [[κρόσσαι]], Hsch.; also, = [[κλίμακες]], Id. (Perh. cogn. with [[κάρα]].) </span>