κόρος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.ros/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *kórwos (“boy”) (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀺 (ko-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”); see also Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κορέννυμι (korénnumi), Latin creō (“produce, create, bring forth”), crēscō and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”).
Noun
κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόρος ho kóros |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόρου toû kórou |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόρῳ tōî kórōi |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόρον tòn kóron |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόρε kóre |
κόρω kórō |
κόροι kóroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Alternative forms
Coordinate terms
- κόρη (kórē)
Derived terms
- κοροπλάθος (koropláthos)
- κουρίδιος (kourídios)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”).
Noun
κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόρος ho kóros |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόρου toû kórou |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόρῳ tōî kórōi |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόρον tòn kóron |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόρε kóre |
κόρω kórō |
κόροι kóroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 3
From Hebrew כֹּר (kor), itself from Akkadian kurru[1] (cognate with Aramaic kor כֹּר,[2] Syriac-Aramaic kora ܟܽܘܪܳܐ[3]), itself from the Sumerian measure GUR.
Noun
κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension
- kor (a dry measure containing 10 medimnes)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόρος ho kóros |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόρου toû kórou |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόρῳ tōî kórōi |
τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin |
τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόρον tòn kóron |
τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō |
τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόρε kóre |
κόρω kórō |
κόροι kóroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κόρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- boy idem, page 92.
- disenchantment idem, page 232.
- disgust idem, page 233.
- dislike idem, page 234.
- ennui idem, page 276.
- excess idem, page 288.
- glut idem, page 363.
- lad idem, page 473.
- monotony idem, page 539.
- nausea idem, page 552.
- plethora idem, page 620.
- repletion idem, page 696.
- satiety idem, page 734.
- son idem, page 793.
- surfeit idem, page 843.