κρόταφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[side of the forehead]], Il.4.502, 20.397, Ar.''Ra.''854: mostly in plural, [[temples]], Il.13.188, al., Hdt.4.187, Hp.''Prog.''2, etc.; πρᾶτον ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλων Theoc.15.85, cf. 11.9, ''IG''5(1).1355 (Abia); τοὺς κ. πολιοῦνται πρῶτον Arist.''GA'' 784b35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[side edge]], [[profile]], Procl.''Hyp.''3.6; [[κύκλου]] ib.17; of a brick, ''PMag.Par.''1.30; <b class="b3">κατὰ κρόταφον</b> [[sideways]], [[horizontally]], Hero ''Bel.''98.2, Ph.''Bel.''64.25, cf. 60.7; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κρορόταφον</b> [[on its side]], ib.66.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[slope]] of a mountain, A.''Pr.''721; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ κροτάφοις Ἑλικῶνος</b> Philiadasap.St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Θέσπεια]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[back of a book]], Anon. ap. Suid.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[edge]] or [[narrow side]] of a stele, ''IG''42(1).109 iii 162, iv 129 (Epid.). (κόρταφος ''EM''541.23, ''Et.Gud.'', Zonar., prob. to be read in Pl.Com.84; κότραφος ''PMag.Osl.''1.152, etc.)