This article proposes a revision of the etymology of the Southern Italian word curina, meaning “cabbage lump” or “central or thinnest part (of something)”, which many sources trace back to Gr. κορύνη based on Gerhard Rohlfs’ studies.

L’articolo propone una revisione dell’etimologia dell’italiano meridionale curina ‘grumolo del cavolo’, ‘parte centrale o più fina (di qsa)’, che molte fonti fanno risalire al gr. κορύνη sulla scorta degli studi di Gerhard Rohlfs.