κόθορνος,ὁ,
A. buskin, high boot, Hdt. 1.155 , 6.125 , Ar. Lys. 657 , Lysipp. 2 , etc.; worn by tragic actors in heroic characters: hence,
2. emblem of Tragedy in the person of Dionysus, Ar. Ra. 47 , 557 .
3. since the buskins might be worn on either foot,ὁ Κόθορνος, nickname for atrimmerortimeserver, such as Theramenes, X. HG 2.3.31 : prov., εὐμεταβολώτερος κοθόρνου
Zen. 3.93
, etc.