κοντούρα

• κονδοῦρα (kondoûra)

Nominalized from the κόντουρος (kóntouros, epithet for a post-horse).

κοντούρα • (kontoúra)

1. cutter, a kind of ship

• → Venetian: góndoła
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوندوله (kondola), غوندله (gondola)
  • → Italian: gondola

• κοντούρα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

From Italian contorno (“contour, outline”).

• IPA^(key): /konˈdu.ɾa/

κοντούρα • (kontoúra) f (plural κοντούρες)

1. (graphic design) the finish of a design; outline