κουρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κουρά (kourá, “wool shorn, fleece”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuː.rís/ → /kuˈris/ → /kuˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kuː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/

Noun

κουρῐ́ς • (kourĭ́s) f (genitive κουρῐ́δος); third declension

1. shears, used for removing the fleece from sheep

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κουρῐ́ς; τῆς κουρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κουρῐ́ς hē kourĭ́s	τὼ κουρῐ́δε tṑ kourĭ́de	αἱ κουρῐ́δες hai kourĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς κουρῐ́δος tês kourĭ́dos	τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν toîn kourĭ́doin	τῶν κουρῐ́δων tôn kourĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ κουρῐ́δῐ têi kourĭ́dĭ	τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν toîn kourĭ́doin	ταῖς κουρῐ́σῐ / κουρῐ́σῐν taîs kourĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κουρῐ́δᾰ tḕn kourĭ́dă	τὼ κουρῐ́δε tṑ kourĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς κουρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kourĭ́dăs
Vocative	κουρῐ́ς kourĭ́s	κουρῐ́δε kourĭ́de	κουρῐ́δες kourĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “κουρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κουρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette