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Headword:
*koisu/ra
Adler number: kappa,2568
Translated headword: Koisyra, Coesyra
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A woman in
Athens [who was] noble and wealthy, Megakles' mother. "[Koisyra's son] and Lamachos". Alkmaion's wife. She was criticized for stupidity.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related verb]
koisurou=tai ["plays Koisyra"], [meaning] adorns one's self or adopts the manners of Koisyra.[2]
*koisu/ra: gunh\ *)aqh/nhsin eu)genh\s kai\ plousi/a, mh/thr *megakle/ous. kai\ *la/maxos. *)alkmai/wnos gameth=s. h(/tis e)pi\ blakei/a| diabebo/hto. kai\ *koisurou=tai, kosmei=tai h)\ ta\ th=s *koisu/ras fronei=.
Notes:
[1] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Acharnians 614, where the quoted phrase -- here acephalous -- occurs (web address 1), in reference to two individuals. "Koisyra's son" is Megakles the Alkmaionid. For Lamachos see
lambda 81. On Koisyra herself see the note at
epsilon 87. She is also mentioned in
Clouds 800 (web address 2) and
scholia thereto; cf.
epsilon 3670.
[2] Such a verb (as opposed to its compound:
epsilon 87) is attested only in lexica and
scholia. (It was overlooked in LSJ until picked up in the Supplement.)
Web address 1,
Web address 2
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Translated by: William Hutton on 28 April 2008@04:18:27.
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