κόρη

See also: Κόρη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κόρᾱ (kórā) — Doric, Aeolic
• κούρη (koúrē) — Epic, Ionic
• κώρᾱ (kṓrā) — Doric
• κόρϝα (kórwa) — Arcadocypriot

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kórwā, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀷 (ko-wa). In this word, ᾱ (ā) shifted to η (ē) in Attic and Ionic (see Attic–Ionic vowel shift on Wikipedia) because of the preceding ϝ (w). In words like ὥρᾱ (hṓrā), ρ prevented ᾱ from shifting to η, because there was no intervening ϝ (w).

Probably related to κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to caress, care for”). From *ḱerh₃- (“to feed, grow”), related to κορέννυμι (korénnumi, “to satisfy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.rɛː/ → /ˈko.ri/ → /ˈko.ri/

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

Noun

κόρη • (kórē) f (genitive κόρης); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. girl, young woman, maiden
2. bride, young wife
3. doll, puppet
4. pupil (of the eye)
5. A long sleeve reaching over the hand.
6. The Attic drachma.

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κόρη hē kórē	τὼ κόρᾱ tṑ kórā	αἱ κόραι hai kórai
Genitive	τῆς κόρης tês kórēs	τοῖν κόραιν toîn kórain	τῶν κορῶν tôn korôn
Dative	τῇ κόρῃ têi kórēi	τοῖν κόραιν toîn kórain	ταῖς κόραις taîs kórais
Accusative	τὴν κόρην tḕn kórēn	τὼ κόρᾱ tṑ kórā	τᾱ̀ς κόρᾱς tā̀s kórās
Vocative	κόρη kórē	κόρᾱ kórā	κόραι kórai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ κόρη; τῆς κόρης (Attic)

Coordinate terms

• κόρος (kóros)

Derived terms

• κοράσιον (korásion)
• Λεωκόρειον (Leōkóreion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κόρη f (kóri)
• → English: kore, korephilia
• → Finnish: kore
• → Polish: kora f

Further reading

• “κόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κόρη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κόρη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κόρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cora idem, page 174.
  • damsel idem, page 194.
  • daughter idem, page 196.
  • doll idem, page 246.
  • eye idem, page 299.
  • eye-ball idem, page 299.
  • girl idem, page 359.
  • maid idem, page 507.
  • pupil idem, page 658.
  • puppet idem, page 658.
  • sylph idem, page 850.
  • virgin idem, page 954.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɾi/

Noun

κόρη • (kóri) f (plural κόρες)

1. daughter
2. maiden, girl
3. kore (the modern term for an ancient Greek statue of a young woman)
4. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κόρη (kóri)	κόρες (kóres)
genitive	κόρης (kóris)	κορών (korón)
accusative	κόρη (kóri)	κόρες (kóres)
vocative	κόρη (kóri)	κόρες (kóres)

Synonyms

• κορίτσι n (korítsi)
• θυγατέρα f (thygatéra)

Coordinate terms

see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Further reading

• Κόρη (άγαλμα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• κόρη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language