κόρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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. Compare also κᾱρῑ́ς (kārī́s, “shrimp”).

Noun

κόρῐς • (kórĭs) m (genitive κόρεως or κόρῐος); third declension

  1. bedbug
  2. a type of fish
  3. a type of St. John's wort

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κόρῐς; τοῦ κόρεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόρῐς
ho kórĭs 		τὼ κόρει
tṑ kórei 		οἱ κόρεις
hoi kóreis
Genitive τοῦ κόρεως
toû kóreōs 		τοῖν κορέοιν
toîn koréoin 		τῶν κόρεων
tôn kóreōn
Dative τῷ κόρει
tōî kórei 		τοῖν κορέοιν
toîn koréoin 		τοῖς κόρεσῐ / κόρεσῐν
toîs kóresĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κόρῐν
tòn kórĭn 		τὼ κόρει
tṑ kórei 		τοὺς κόρεις
toùs kóreis
Vocative κόρῐ
kórĭ 		κόρει
kórei 		κόρεις
kóreis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κοριός m (koriós, “bedbug”)
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: κόριζα (kóriza), *κόριδα (*kórida)
    • → Old East Slavic: корида (korida)
    • ⇒ Italiot Greek: κόριδα (kórida), κόρικα (kórika), κόρεκα (kóreka)
    • ⇒ Pontic Greek: κορίδιν (korídin), κόρδα f (kórda) — Thoania

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