κοῦρος

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κοῦρος • (koûros) m (genitive κούρου); second declension

  1. Epic and Ionic form of κόρος (kóros)

Declension

Second declension of κοῦρος; κούρου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κοῦρος
koûros 		κούρω
koúrō 		κοῦροι
koûroi
Genitive κούρου / κουροῖο / κούροιο / κουρόο / κούροο
koúrou / kouroîo / koúroio / kouróo / koúroo 		κούροιῐν
koúroiin 		κούρων
koúrōn
Dative κούρῳ
koúrōi 		κούροιῐν
koúroiin 		κούροισῐ / κούροισῐν / κούροις
koúroisi(n) / koúrois
Accusative κοῦρον
koûron 		κούρω
koúrō 		κούρους
koúrous
Vocative κοῦρε
koûre 		κούρω
koúrō 		κοῦροι
koûroi
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

  • “κοῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κοῦρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κοῦρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “κοῦρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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