κορριγία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrigia.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κορριγία • (korrhigíaf (genitive κορριγίας); first declension (Koine)

  1. thong
    Synonym: ἱμάς (himás)
    • 301 C.E., Diocletian, Edict on Maximum Prices, section 10.19:
      κορριγί[αν] τεθριπ[. . . . .]αλον
      korrhigí[an] tethrip[. . . . .]alon
      [original: corigiam aurigalem]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ι.609:
      ἱμάντωσις· σύνδεσμος τῶν κοῤῥιγίων τοῦ ὑποδήματος
      himántōsis; súndesmos tôn korrhigíōn toû hupodḗmatos
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)]

Declension

References

  • Dickey, Eleanor (2023) Latin loanwords in Ancient Greek: A lexicon and analysis, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 228