κόρυδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κορῠδαλλή (korŭdallḗ), κορῠδαλλίς (korŭdallís), κορῠδαλλός (korŭdallós), κορῠ́δαλος (korŭ́dalos)
• κορῠδός (korŭdós)
• κορῠδών (korŭdṓn)

Etymology

The connection with κόρῠς (kórŭs, “helmet”) may be correct, but only as a variant of the same Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.ry.dos/ → /ˈko.ry.ðos/ → /ˈko.ri.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.ry.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ri.ðos/

Noun

κόρῠδος • (kórŭdos) m (genitive κορῠ́δου); second declension

1. crested lark (Galerida cristata)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόρῠδος; τοῦ κορῠ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρῠδος ho kórŭdos	τὼ κορῠ́δω tṑ korŭ́dō	οἱ κόρῠδοι hoi kórŭdoi
Genitive	τοῦ κορῠ́δου toû korŭ́dou	τοῖν κορῠ́δοιν toîn korŭ́doin	τῶν κορῠ́δων tôn korŭ́dōn
Dative	τῷ κορῠ́δῳ tôi korŭ́dōi	τοῖν κορῠ́δοιν toîn korŭ́doin	τοῖς κορῠ́δοις toîs korŭ́dois
Accusative	τὸν κόρῠδον tòn kórŭdon	τὼ κορῠ́δω tṑ korŭ́dō	τοὺς κορῠ́δους toùs korŭ́dous
Vocative	κόρῠδε kórŭde	κορῠ́δω korŭ́dō	κόρῠδοι kórŭdoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κορυδός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN