κόρις
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)koris (“cutting, gnawing”), from *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate to Russian корь (korʹ, “moth”).
Alternatively related to ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”) via Pre-Greek.
Noun edit
κόρῐς • (kóris) m (genitive κόρεως or κόρῐος); third declension
- bedbug
- a type of fish
- a type of St. John's wort
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόρῐς ho kóris |
τὼ κόρει tṑ kórei |
οἱ κόρεις hoi kóreis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόρεως toû kóreōs |
τοῖν κορέοιν toîn koréoin |
τῶν κόρεων tôn kóreōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόρει tôi kórei |
τοῖν κορέοιν toîn koréoin |
τοῖς κόρεσῐ / κόρεσῐν toîs kóresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόρῐν tòn kórin |
τὼ κόρει tṑ kórei |
τοὺς κόρεις toùs kóreis | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόρῐ kóri |
κόρει kórei |
κόρεις kóreis | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “κόρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press