κώρυκος

See also: Κώρυκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate to Latin corium (“leather”) and Proto-Celtic *korukos (“leather boat”), and ultimately a vriddhied derivative of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Nikolaev dismisses Beekes' claim that the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κώρῠκος • (kṓrŭkos) m (genitive κωρύκου); second declension

  1. leathern sack or wallet for provisions
    Synonym: ᾰ̓́δορος (ắdoros)
  2. punchbag in the gymnasium
  3. leathern quiver
  4. (anatomy) scrotum

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κώρῠκος; τοῦ κωρῠ́κου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κώρῠκος
ho kṓrŭkos 		τὼ κωρῠ́κω
tṑ kōrŭ́kō 		οἱ κώρῠκοι
hoi kṓrŭkoi
Genitive τοῦ κωρῠ́κου
toû kōrŭ́kou 		τοῖν κωρῠ́κοιν
toîn kōrŭ́koin 		τῶν κωρῠ́κων
tôn kōrŭ́kōn
Dative τῷ κωρῠ́κῳ
tōî kōrŭ́kōi 		τοῖν κωρῠ́κοιν
toîn kōrŭ́koin 		τοῖς κωρῠ́κοις
toîs kōrŭ́kois
Accusative τὸν κώρῠκον
tòn kṓrŭkon 		τὼ κωρῠ́κω
tṑ kōrŭ́kō 		τοὺς κωρῠ́κους
toùs kōrŭ́kous
Vocative κώρῠκε
kṓrŭke 		κωρῠ́κω
kōrŭ́kō 		κώρῠκοι
kṓrŭkoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κωρυκίδιον (kōrukídion)
  • κωρύκιον (kōrúkion)
  • κωρυκίς (kōrukís)
  • κωρυκοβολία (kōrukobolía)
  • κωρυκομαχία (kōrukomakhía)
  • κωρυκώδης (kōrukṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Latin: cōrycus

Further reading

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