κόρυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate word, as hinted by the suffixes. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“head, top, skull, horn”).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀬 (ko-ru).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόρῠς • (kórŭs) f (genitive κόρῠθος); third declension

  1. helmet

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κόρῠς; τῆς κόρῠθος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κόρῠς
hē kórŭs 		τὼ κόρῠθε
tṑ kórŭthe 		αἱ κόρῠθες
hai kórŭthes
Genitive τῆς κόρῠθος
tês kórŭthos 		τοῖν κορῠ́θοιν
toîn korŭ́thoin 		τῶν κορῠ́θων
tôn korŭ́thōn
Dative τῇ κόρῠθῐ
tēî kórŭthĭ 		τοῖν κορῠ́θοιν
toîn korŭ́thoin 		ταῖς κόρῠσῐ / κόρῠσῐν
taîs kórŭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κόρῠν / κόρῠθᾰ
tḕn kórŭn / kórŭthă 		τὼ κόρῠθε
tṑ kórŭthe 		τᾱ̀ς κόρῠθᾰς
tā̀s kórŭthăs
Vocative κόρῠς
kórŭs 		κόρῠθε
kórŭthe 		κόρῠθες
kórŭthes
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 *-tʰs.

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κόρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κόρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κόρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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