κόρυδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κορῠδαλλή (korudallḗ), κορῠδαλλίς (korudallís), κορῠδαλλός (korudallós), κορῠ́δαλος (korúdalos)
• κορῠδός (korudós)
• κορῠδών (korudṓn)

Etymology

The connection with κόρῠς (kórus, “helmet”) may be correct, but only as a variant of the same Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.ry.dos/ → /ˈko.ry.ðos/ → /ˈko.ri.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.ry.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ri.ðos/

Noun

κόρῠδος • (kórudos) m (genitive κορῠ́δου); second declension

1. crested lark (Galerida cristata)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόρῠδος; τοῦ κορῠ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρῠδος ho kórudos	τὼ κορῠ́δω tṑ korúdō	οἱ κόρῠδοι hoi kórudoi
Genitive	τοῦ κορῠ́δου toû korúdou	τοῖν κορῠ́δοιν toîn korúdoin	τῶν κορῠ́δων tôn korúdōn
Dative	τῷ κορῠ́δῳ tôi korúdōi	τοῖν κορῠ́δοιν toîn korúdoin	τοῖς κορῠ́δοις toîs korúdois
Accusative	τὸν κόρῠδον tòn kórudon	τὼ κορῠ́δω tṑ korúdō	τοὺς κορῠ́δους toùs korúdous
Vocative	κόρῠδε kórude	κορῠ́δω korúdō	κόρῠδοι kórudoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κορυδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN