κόρυζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally compared to Old English hrot (“mucus”) but Beekes doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόρῡζᾰ • (kórūză) f (genitive κορῡ́ζης); first declension

  1. rheum, mucous discharge from the nose
    Synonyms: βλέννα (blénna), λέμφος (lémphos), μύξα (múxa)
  2. drivelling, stupidity

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κόρῡζᾰ; τῆς κορῡ́ζης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κόρῡζᾰ
hē kórūză 		τὼ κορῡ́ζᾱ
tṑ korū́zā 		αἱ κόρῡζαι
hai kórūzai
Genitive τῆς κορῡ́ζης
tês korū́zēs 		τοῖν κορῡ́ζαιν
toîn korū́zain 		τῶν κορῡζῶν
tôn korūzôn
Dative τῇ κορῡ́ζῃ
tēî korū́zēi 		τοῖν κορῡ́ζαιν
toîn korū́zain 		ταῖς κορῡ́ζαις
taîs korū́zais
Accusative τὴν κόρῡζᾰν
tḕn kórūzăn 		τὼ κορῡ́ζᾱ
tṑ korū́zā 		τᾱ̀ς κορῡ́ζᾱς
tā̀s korū́zās
Vocative κόρῡζᾰ
kórūză 		κορῡ́ζᾱ
korū́zā 		κόρῡζαι
kórūzai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • βουκόρῡζᾰ (boukórūză)
  • κορῡζᾶς (korūzâs)
  • κορῡζᾰ́ω (korūzắō)
  • κορῡζιᾷ (korūziāî)
  • κορῡζώδης (korūzṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Latin: corȳza

Further reading

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