κόρυς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate word, as hinted by the suffixes. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (head, top, skull, horn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόρῠς (kórusf (genitive κόρῠθος); third declension

  1. helmet

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References

Further reading

  • κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κόρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κόρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κόρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.