κόρις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)koris (“cutting, gnawing”), from *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate to Russian корь (korʹ, “moth”).

Alternatively related to ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”) via Pre-Greek. Compare also κᾱρῑ́ς (kārī́s, “shrimp”).

Noun

κόρῐς • (kóris) m (genitive κόρεως or κόρῐος); third declension

  1. bedbug
  2. a type of fish
  3. a type of St. John's wort

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κόρῐς; τοῦ κόρεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόρῐς
ho kóris 		τὼ κόρει
tṑ kórei 		οἱ κόρεις
hoi kóreis
Genitive τοῦ κόρεως
toû kóreōs 		τοῖν κορέοιν
toîn koréoin 		τῶν κόρεων
tôn kóreōn
Dative τῷ κόρει
tôi kórei 		τοῖν κορέοιν
toîn koréoin 		τοῖς κόρεσῐ / κόρεσῐν
toîs kóresi(n)
Accusative τὸν κόρῐν
tòn kórin 		τὼ κόρει
tṑ kórei 		τοὺς κόρεις
toùs kóreis
Vocative κόρῐ
kóri 		κόρει
kórei 		κόρεις
kóreis
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