Κοράττειν

to act the crow, to act like a crow

Translated by Catharine Roth22 May 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

21 words

[Meaning] to stay too long, and to persist. [The term comes] from crows flying around the doors and not going away.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κοράττειν· τὸ ἄγαν προσμένειν, καὶ λιπαρεῖν. ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ τὰς θύρας κοράκων περιπετομένων καὶ μὴ ἀποχωρούντων.

Betacode

*kora/ttein: to\ a)/gan prosme/nein, kai\ liparei=n. a)po\ tw=n peri\ ta\s qu/ras kora/kwn peripetome/nwn kai\ mh\ a)poxwrou/ntwn.

Present infinitive, of a verb unattested outside lexicography: cf. Hesychius s.v. kora/cai (kappa3583, also kappa3587 and kappa3588).
For the etymology cf. generally kappa 2066, kappa 2067.

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