κοῦρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kûː.ros/ → /ˈku.ros/ → /ˈku.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kûː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ros/

Noun

κοῦρος • (koûros) m (genitive κούρου); second declension

1. Epic and Ionic form of κόρος (kóros)

Declension

Second declension of κοῦρος; κούρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κοῦρος koûros	κούρω koúrō	κοῦροι koûroi
Genitive	κούρου / κουροῖο / κούροιο / κουρόο / κούροο koúrou / kouroîo / koúroio / kouróo / koúroo	κούροιῐν koúroiin	κούρων koúrōn
Dative	κούρῳ koúrōi	κούροιῐν koúroiin	κούροισῐ / κούροισῐν / κούροις koúroisi(n) / koúrois
Accusative	κοῦρον koûron	κούρω koúrō	κούρους koúrous
Vocative	κοῦρε koûre	κούρω koúrō	κοῦροι koûroi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “κοῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοῦρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κοῦρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κοῦρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter