κουρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κουρά (kourá, “wool shorn, fleece”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κουρῐ́ς • (kourĭ́s) f (genitive κουρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. shears, used for removing the fleece from sheep

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κουρῐ́ς; τῆς κουρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κουρῐ́ς
hē kourĭ́s 		τὼ κουρῐ́δε
tṑ kourĭ́de 		αἱ κουρῐ́δες
hai kourĭ́des
Genitive τῆς κουρῐ́δος
tês kourĭ́dos 		τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν
toîn kourĭ́doin 		τῶν κουρῐ́δων
tôn kourĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ κουρῐ́δῐ
tēî kourĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν
toîn kourĭ́doin 		ταῖς κουρῐ́σῐ / κουρῐ́σῐν
taîs kourĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κουρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn kourĭ́dă 		τὼ κουρῐ́δε
tṑ kourĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς κουρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s kourĭ́dăs
Vocative κουρῐ́ς
kourĭ́s 		κουρῐ́δε
kourĭ́de 		κουρῐ́δες
kourĭ́des
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.

References

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