Κουρίξ

by the hair

Translated by Nick Nicholas11 Feb 2009Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] pulling-up of hair.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κουρίξ· ἐκσπᾶν τριχῶν.

Betacode

*kouri/c: e)kspa=n trixw=n.

Epic/poetic adverb, cited here from Homer, Odyssey 22.188: "they dragged him in by the hair" (web address 1). The scholia thereto define it more clearly (after Aristarchus) as th=s ko/mhs e)pilabo/menoi "they grabbing the hair".