κόρυμβος: Difference between revisions

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