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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps related to κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), referring to the thick end of the weapon. According to Beekes, the word is of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.rý.nɛː/ → /koˈry.ni/ → /koˈri.ni/
Noun
κορύνη • (korúnē) f (genitive κορύνης); first declension
- mace, club shod with iron for fighting
- shepherd's staff
- (botany) knobby bud or shoot
- synonym for πόσθη (pósthē, “penis”)
Inflection
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Further reading
- “κορύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κορύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κορύνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN