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κορύσσω , Ep. impf.
A.κόρυσσεIl.21.306; poet. inf. -έμεν Pi.P.8.75:—Med., aor. ἐκορυσσάμην, part. “κορυσσάμενοςIl.19.397:—Pass., pf. κεκόρυθμαι, part. κεκορυθμένος, freq. in Hom. (v. infr.): (κόρυς):— poet., chiefly Ep., Verb, prop.furnish with a helmet: hence,
II. make crested, κόρυσσε δὲ κῦμα ῥόοιο reared his crested wave, Il.21.306:—Pass., rear its head, of a wave, “πόντῳ μέν τε πρῶτα κορύσσεταιIl.4.424, cf. A.R.2.71; of Eris, “ τ᾽ ὀλίγη μὲν πρῶτα κορύσσεταιIl.4.442; χείμαρρε, τί δὴ τόσον ὧδε κορύσσῃ; AP9.277 (Antiphil.); of clouds, Theoc.25.94, etc.; also of birds, Thphr.Sign.16: metaph., “Δῆμος . . πρὸς πνεῦμα βραχὺ κ.Com.Adesp.1324; cf. κορθύνω. κορύττεται 'butts' Agath.1.4 is prob. f.l. for κορύπτεται: aor. Med. “κορύξασθαι, δίκην ἀλεκτρυόνοςAth.3.127a, dub.l. in Hp.Ep.17.)
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