κόρυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek substrate word, as hinted by the suffixes. Traditionally linked to Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“head, top, skull, horn”).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀬 (ko-ru).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.rys/ → /ˈko.rys/ → /ˈko.ris/

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

Noun

κόρῠς • (kórŭs) f (genitive κόρῠθος); third declension

1. helmet

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κόρῠς; τῆς κόρῠθος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κόρῠς hē kórŭs	τὼ κόρῠθε tṑ kórŭthe	αἱ κόρῠθες hai kórŭthes
Genitive	τῆς κόρῠθος tês kórŭthos	τοῖν κορῠ́θοιν toîn korŭ́thoin	τῶν κορῠ́θων tôn korŭ́thōn
Dative	τῇ κόρῠθῐ têi kórŭthĭ	τοῖν κορῠ́θοιν toîn korŭ́thoin	ταῖς κόρῠσῐ / κόρῠσῐν taîs kórŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κόρυν / κόρυθα tḕn kórun / kórutha	τὼ κόρῠθε tṑ kórŭthe	τᾱ̀ς κόρῠθᾰς tā̀s kórŭthăs
Vocative	κόρῠς kórŭs	κόρῠθε kórŭthe	κόρῠθες kórŭthes
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 *-tʰs.

Derived terms

• κορυθαίολος (koruthaíolos)
• κορύσσω (korússō)

Related terms

• κόρυμβος (kórumbos)
• κορυφή (koruphḗ)

References

• 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

Further reading

• “κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κόρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κόρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κόρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κόρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • casque idem, page 116.
  • helmet idem, page 395.