Ἐπὶ κόρρης
on the cheek
Translated by David Whitehead14 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Different people defined [it] in different ways. But better to understand it to refer to [sc. a blow] on the jaw; what we customarily call a slap-in-the-face. For that is how the orators too use it.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπὶ κόρρης· ἄλλοι μὲν ἄλλως ἀπέδοσαν. βέλτιον δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς γνάθου ἐκλαμβάνειν· ὃ κατ' ἔθος λέγομεν ῥάπισμα. οὕτως γὰρ χρῶνται καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες.
Betacode
*)epi\ ko/rrhs: a)/lloi me\n a)/llws a)pe/dosan. be/ltion de\ e)pi\ th=s gna/qou e)klamba/nein: o(\ kat' e)/qos le/gomen r(a/pisma. ou(/tws ga\r xrw=ntai kai\ oi( r(h/tores.