κορχυρέα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Dittenberger refers to γόργυρα (górgura, “sewer, drain”) and κορκόδρυα (korkódrua, “drain”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kor.kʰy.ré.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kor.kʰyˈre.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kor.çyˈre.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kor.çyˈre.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kor.çiˈre.a/
Noun
κορχῠρέᾱ • (korkhŭréā) f (genitive κορχῠρέᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κορχῠρέᾱ hē korkhŭréā |
τὼ κορχῠρέᾱ tṑ korkhŭréā |
αἱ κορχῠρέαι hai korkhŭréai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κορχῠρέᾱς tês korkhŭréās |
τοῖν κορχῠρέαιν toîn korkhŭréain |
τῶν κορχῠρεῶν tôn korkhŭreôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κορχῠρέᾳ tēî korkhŭréāi |
τοῖν κορχῠρέαιν toîn korkhŭréain |
ταῖς κορχῠρέαις taîs korkhŭréais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κορχῠρέᾱν tḕn korkhŭréān |
τὼ κορχῠρέᾱ tṑ korkhŭréā |
τᾱ̀ς κορχῠρέᾱς tā̀s korkhŭréās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κορχῠρέᾱ korkhŭréā |
κορχῠρέᾱ korkhŭréā |
κορχῠρέαι korkhŭréai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κορχυρέα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κορχυρέα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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