κόθορνος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κόθορνος
κοθόρνου
Structure:
κοθορν
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- buskin, high boot, which covered the whole foot and half the leg, with thick soles, used by actors to increase their height
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "ἢ καὶ νὴ Δί’ εἴ τισ ὑποδησάμενοσ κοθόρνουσ μικρὸσ αὐτὸσ ὢν ἐρίζοι περὶ μεγέθουσ τοῖσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰσοπέδου ὅλῳ πήχει ὑπερέχουσιν. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 3:2)
- οὐ μὲν οὖν με προσεδόκασ, ὁτιὴ κοθόρνουσ εἶχεσ, ἂν γνῶναί σ’ ἔτι; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, iambics8)
- καὶ κοθόρνουσ περιέθηκεν; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 12 18:1)
- "κατὰ κράτοσ δὲ τοὺσ ἐναντίουσ πρῶτον μὲν ὁ ἀρχιερεὺσ ἐλέγχει, μιτρηφόροσ τε προϊὼν ἐν ταῖσ ἑορταῖσ καὶ νεβρίδα χρυσόπαστον ἐνημμένοσ, χιτῶνα δὲ ποδήρη φορῶν καὶ κοθόρνουσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 3:17)
- ἄπειπε μέν σφι πέμψασ ὅπλα ἀρήια μὴ ἐκτῆσθαι, κέλευε δὲ σφέασ κιθῶνάσ τε ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι καὶ κοθόρνουσ ὑποδέεσθαι, πρόειπε δ’ αὐτοῖσι κιθαρίζειν τε καὶ ψάλλειν καὶ καπηλεύειν παιδεύειν τοὺσ παῖδασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 155 5:2)
