κορύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps related to κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), referring to the thick end of the weapon. According to Beekes, the word is of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.rý.nɛː/ → /koˈry.ni/ → /koˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.ni/

Noun

κορύνη • (korúnē) f (genitive κορύνης); first declension

1. mace, club shod with iron for fighting
2. shepherd's staff
3. (botany) knobby bud or shoot
4. synonym for πόσθη (pósthē, “penis”)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορύνη hē korúnē	τὼ κορύνᾱ tṑ korúnā	αἱ κορύναι hai korúnai
Genitive	τῆς κορύνης tês korúnēs	τοῖν κορύναιν toîn korúnain	τῶν κορυνῶν tôn korunôn
Dative	τῇ κορύνῃ têi korúnēi	τοῖν κορύναιν toîn korúnain	ταῖς κορύναις taîs korúnais
Accusative	τὴν κορύνην tḕn korúnēn	τὼ κορύνᾱ tṑ korúnā	τᾱ̀ς κορύνᾱς tā̀s korúnās
Vocative	κορύνη korúnē	κορύνᾱ korúnā	κορύναι korúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ κορύνη; τῆς κορύνης (Attic)

Derived terms

• κορυνάω (korunáō)
• κορύνησις (korúnēsis)
• κορυνήτης (korunḗtēs)
• κορυνηφόρος (korunēphóros)
• κορυνιόεις (korunióeis)
• κορυνομάχος (korunomákhos)
• κορυνώδης (korunṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “κορύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κορύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κορύνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• 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