κορυφόω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κόρση
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
korsē
English translation (word)
temple
Transliteration (Etymon)
koruphoō
English translation (etymon)
to bring to a head
Century
2 BC
Reference
fr. 218
Edition
K. Müller, Fragmenta historicorum Graecorum (FHG) 1, Paris: Didot, 1853: 1:428-469; 4:649-650.
Source
Etym. Magnum
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 530
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Κόρση: Ἡ κεφαλή· ὡς μὲν Ἀπολλόδωρος, ἀπὸ τοῦ κορυφοῦσθαι
Translation (En)
Korsē "head". According to Apollodorus, from "to bring to a head" (koruphousthai)
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 338 (Κόρση, ἡ κεφαλὴ, ὡς μὲν Ἀπολλώνιος δίδωσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ κορυφοῦσθαι [mistake on the name of Apollodorus]); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, p. 1236 (Κόρση. ἡ κεφαλή. ἀπὸ τοῦ κορυφοῦσθαι, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ κείρεσθαι)
Modern etymology
Maybe a derivative of κείρω "to cut" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, relying on a metonymic meaning of "head" instead of the proper meaning "temple". The head is indeed the summit.