Κόρινθος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Pre-Greek *kar (“point, peak”), from which Ancient Greek κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”). The suffix -νθος (-nthos) indicates the source as a lost pre-Indo-European language.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.rin.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
Proper noun
Κόρῐνθος • (Kórĭnthos) f (genitive Κορῐ́νθου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Κόρῐνθος hē Kórĭnthos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κορῐ́νθου tês Korĭ́nthou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κορῐ́νθῳ têi Korĭ́nthōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κόρῐνθον tḕn Kórĭnthon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κόρῐνθε Kórĭnthe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κορῐ́νθῐος (Korĭ́nthĭos)
- Κορῐνθῐᾰκός (Korĭnthĭăkós)
Descendants
References
- ^ Sacks, Murray, Brody, Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Further reading
- “Κόρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κόρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Κόρινθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Κόρινθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2882 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Κόρινθος • (Kórinthos) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Κόρινθος (Kórinthos) |
| genitive | Κορίνθου (Korínthou) |
| accusative | Κόρινθο (Kórintho) |
| vocative | Κόρινθε (Kórinthe) Κόρινθο (Kórintho) |
Derived terms
- Κορίνθιος m (Korínthios, “male Corinthian”)
- Κορίνθια f (Korínthia, “female Corinthian”)
- Κορινθία f (Korinthía, “female Corinthian”)
- κορινθιακός (korinthiakós) (adjective)
Further reading
Κόρινθος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
