κόρση
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Quotation
Κόρταφος, τὸ ἐντελέστερον παρέλαβε· εἰ μὴ ἄρα πρὸς τὴν συνήθειαν παρὰ τὴν κόρσην εἶναι κόρταφος καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ κρόταφος·
Translation (En)
Kortaphos "temple" transmits the adequate form, if not the usual one. Kortaphos comes from korsē "temple", and with metathesis, <yields> krotaphos
Parallels
A and T Scholion Il. 4.502a Erbe (ὡς οὖν ἐλλὸς ἔλαφος, οὕτω κόρση κρόταφος); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 450 (Ἔλαφος· ἔλοφός τις οὖσα παρὰ τὸ ἑλεῖν τοὺς ὄφεις· ἢ ὁ ἐν ἕλει τὰς διατριβὰς ἔχων· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλλός, τὸ ἔλαφος, παρήχθη παραγ⟦ώγ⟧ως ἔλ⟦α⟧φος, ὡς κ⟦όρ⟧σ⟦η⟧ κό⟦ρ⟧σαφος καὶ ἐν ὑ⟦περβιβασμῷ⟧ καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ⟦ς⟧ εἰς τ κρό⟦τα⟧φος. ⟦οὕτως οὖν ἔλαφος⟧); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 779 (ταὐτὸν ἄρα κόρση καὶ κρόταφος, ὃν καὶ ἐκ τῆς κόρσης ἐτυμολογοῦσί τινες, οἳ μεταθέντες τὸ ῥῶ ποιοῦσι κρόσην, εἶτα ἐξ αὐτῆς παράγουσι διὰ τοῦ α καὶ φ διεξοδικώτερον τὸν κρόταφον, ἵνα εἴη κρόσαφος καὶ Ἀττικῶς κρόταφος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1233 (Κόρταφος. παρὰ τὴν κόρσην εἶναι κόρσαφος καὶ κόρταφος, καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ κρόταφος. ἢ ὅτι τῆς κόρσης καὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἁφὴ ἐστί)
Comment
Derivational etymology, deriving the word from a rare synonym. The form κόρταφος is uncommon, yet, according to the etymologist, it is the etymologically correct form, since the syllabification is the same as that of the etymon κόρση, and the usual form κρόταφος results from a modification (a metathesis of /r/ and /o/). Eustathius mentions this etymology with a different derivation, assuming that the metathesis took place in the etymon κόρση > κρόση.