κόρις

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.

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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: κοριός m (koriós, “bedbug”)
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: κόριζα (kóriza), *κόριδα (*kórida)

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