Κόρινθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ϙόρινθος (Qórinthos) — Doric
• Ϙ (Q) — qoppa / koppa symbolized the archaic spelling of the city name

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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.rin.tʰos/ → /ˈko.rin.θos/ → /ˈko.rin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.rin.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.rin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/

Proper noun

Κόρῐνθος • (Kórinthos) f (genitive Κορῐ́νθου); second declension

1. Corinth

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κόρῐνθος; τῆς Κορῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κόρῐνθος hē Kórinthos
Genitive	τῆς Κορῐ́νθου tês Korínthou
Dative	τῇ Κορῐ́νθῳ têi Korínthōi
Accusative	τὴν Κόρῐνθον tḕn Kórinthon
Vocative	Κόρῐνθε Kórinthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κορῐ́νθῐος (Korínthios)
• Κορῐνθῐᾰκός (Korinthiakós)

Descendants

• Greek: Κόρινθος (Kórinthos)
• Latin: Corinthus
  • English: Corinth
• Ottoman Turkish: كوردوس (Gördüs)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾinθos/
• Hyphenation: Κό‧ριν‧θος

Proper noun

Κόρινθος • (Kórinthos) f

1. Corinth (a city in Greece)

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