κασωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of synonymous words κασαλβάς (kasalbás) and κασαύρα (kasaúra). There is no reason to connect these words with κασᾶς (kasâs, “horse-cloth”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sɔː.rís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.soˈris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.soˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.soˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.soˈris/

Noun

κᾰσωρῐ́ς • (kăsōrĭ́s) f (genitive κᾰσωρῐ́δος); third declension

strumpet

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰσωρῐ́ς; τῆς κᾰσωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰσωρῐ́ς hē kăsōrĭ́s	τὼ κᾰσωρῐ́δε tṑ kăsōrĭ́de	αἱ κᾰσωρῐ́δες hai kăsōrĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κᾰσωρῐ́δος tês kăsōrĭ́dos	τοῖν κᾰσωρῐ́δοιν toîn kăsōrĭ́doin	τῶν κᾰσωρῐ́δων tôn kăsōrĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰσωρῐ́δῐ tēî kăsōrĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κᾰσωρῐ́δοιν toîn kăsōrĭ́doin	ταῖς κᾰσωρῐ́σῐ / κᾰσωρῐ́σῐν taîs kăsōrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰσωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn kăsōrĭ́dă	τὼ κᾰσωρῐ́δε tṑ kăsōrĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κᾰσωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kăsōrĭ́dăs
Vocative	κᾰσωρῐ́ς kăsōrĭ́s	κᾰσωρῐ́δε kăsōrĭ́de	κᾰσωρῐ́δες kăsōrĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

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