Κούρητας
kouretes
Translated by Nick Nicholas11 Feb 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] young men.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κούρητας· νέους.
Betacode
*kou/rhtas: ne/ous.
Notes
- The headword is in the accusative plural, quoted from Homer, Iliad 19.193. Same glossing in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa1026 Theodoridis); the Homeric scholia have "young men still growing their hair long".
cf. generally kappa 2179, kappa 2186, kappa 2190.
Linked from2 entries
- κ950ΚατενόπλιοςmartialA kind of rhythm, to which they used to dance shaking their weapons. Or e)no/plios, the [metrical foot] long at both ends; [the one] which is also called Kouretikos, because the songs made for the Kouretes always used…
- κ2191Κουρόσυνονyouthful [hair][Meaning] that which is sacrificed on the occasion of cutting the hair. In the Epigrams: "with a lovely cicada, Christheneos [dedicated] this lock of youthful hair."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 13 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- x-refs; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, keyword, status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Nick Nicholas