κόρη
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See also: Κόρη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόρᾱ (kórā) — Doric, Aeolic
- κούρη (koúrē) — Epic, Ionic
- κώρᾱ (kṓrā) — Doric
- κόρϝα (kórwa) — Arcadocypriot
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kórwā, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀷 (ko-wa). In this word, ᾱ (ā) shifted to η (ē) in Attic (see Attic–Ionic vowel shift on Wikipedia) because of the preceding ϝ (w). In words like ὥρᾱ (hṓrā), ρ prevented ᾱ from shifting to η, because there was no intervening ϝ (w).
Probably related to κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to caress, care for”). From *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, grow”), related to κορέννυμι (korénnumi, “to satisfy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.rɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.re̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ri/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.ri/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.ri/
Noun
κόρη • (kórē) f (genitive κόρης); first declension (Attic, Ionic)
- girl, young woman, maiden
- bride, young wife
- doll, puppet
- pupil (of the eye)
- A long sleeve reaching over the hand.
- The Attic drachma.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κόρη hē kórē |
τὼ κόρᾱ tṑ kórā |
αἱ κόραι hai kórai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κόρης tês kórēs |
τοῖν κόραιν toîn kórain |
τῶν κορῶν tôn korôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κόρῃ têi kórēi |
τοῖν κόραιν toîn kórain |
ταῖς κόραις taîs kórais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κόρην tḕn kórēn |
τὼ κόρᾱ tṑ kórā |
τᾱ̀ς κόρᾱς tā̀s kórās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόρη kórē |
κόρᾱ kórā |
κόραι kórai | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- κόρος (kóros)
Derived terms
- κοράσιον (korásion)
- Λεωκόρειον (Leōkóreion)
Descendants
- Greek: κόρη f (kóri)
- → English: kore, korephilia
- → Finnish: kore
- → Polish: kora f
Further reading
- “κόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κόρη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κόρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē).
Pronunciation
Noun
κόρη • (kóri) f (plural κόρες)
- daughter
- maiden, girl
- kore (the modern term for an ancient Greek statue of a young woman)
- pupil (of the eye)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κόρη (kóri) | κόρες (kóres) |
| genitive | κόρης (kóris) | κορών (korón) |
| accusative | κόρη (kóri) | κόρες (kóres) |
| vocative | κόρη (kóri) | κόρες (kóres) |
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Further reading
Κόρη (άγαλμα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- κόρη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
