κόρση

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