Κορθύεται
is raised
Translated by Nick Nicholas27 Jan 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] is brought to a head, is increased, is heightened, is lifted up.1
Also [sc. attested is the related noun]ko/rqus ["heap"], [meaning] something erected to a height.
"Making a heap out of sand and raising it out of the earth for a little while, he spread it out again with his foot, and then made the ground smooth."2
Also [sc. attested is the related noun]
"Making a heap out of sand and raising it out of the earth for a little while, he spread it out again with his foot, and then made the ground smooth."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κορθύεται· κορυφοῦται, αὔξεται, ὑψοῦται, ἐπαίρεται. καὶ Κόρθυς, τὸ εἰς ὕψος ἀνάστημα. ὁ δὲ ποιήσας ἐξ ἄμμου κόρθυν καὶ ἐξάρας τῆς γῆς οὐκ ἐπὶ πολύ, πάλιν τῷ ποδὶ καταστρώσας, αὖθις τὸ δάπεδον ὁμαλὲς ἐποίησεν.
Betacode
*korqu/etai: korufou=tai, au)/cetai, u(you=tai, e)pai/retai. kai\ *ko/rqus, to\ ei)s u(/yos a)na/sthma. o( de\ poih/sas e)c a)/mmou ko/rqun kai\ e)ca/ras th=s gh=s ou)k e)pi\ polu/, pa/lin tw=| podi\ katastrw/sas, au)=qis to\ da/pedon o(male\s e)poi/hsen.
Notes (1)
- [1] The headword verb appears in the form given here,↩
korqu/etai , in Homer, Iliad 9.7, and the verbs used in the gloss appear in various combinations in lexicography; the first two are in the scholia ad loc., as well as ps.-Zonaras, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum.- 2Quotation (and individual) unidentifiable.
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