κορύνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps related to κόρῠς (kórŭs, “helmet”), referring to the thick end of the weapon. According to Beekes, the word is of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.rý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈry.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈry.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈry.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈri.ni/
Noun
κορῠ́νη • (korŭ́nē) f (genitive κορῠ́νης); first declension
- mace; club shod with iron for fighting
- shepherd's staff
- (botany) knobby bud or shoot
- (euphemistic) penis
- Synonym: πόσθη (pósthē)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κορῠ́νη hē korŭ́nē |
τὼ κορῠ́νᾱ tṑ korŭ́nā |
αἱ κορῠ́ναι hai korŭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κορῠ́νης tês korŭ́nēs |
τοῖν κορῠ́ναιν toîn korŭ́nain |
τῶν κορῠνῶν tôn korŭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κορῠ́νῃ tēî korŭ́nēi |
τοῖν κορῠ́ναιν toîn korŭ́nain |
ταῖς κορῠ́ναις taîs korŭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κορῠ́νην tḕn korŭ́nēn |
τὼ κορῠ́νᾱ tṑ korŭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς κορῠ́νᾱς tā̀s korŭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κορῠ́νη korŭ́nē |
κορῠ́νᾱ korŭ́nā |
κορῠ́ναι korŭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κορῠνᾰ́ω (korŭnắō)
- κορῠ́νησῐς (korŭ́nēsĭs)
- κορῠνήτης (korŭnḗtēs)
- κορῠνηφόρος (korŭnēphóros)
- κορῠνῐόεις (korŭnĭóeis)
- κορῠνομᾰ́χος (korŭnomắkhos)
- κορῠνώδης (korŭnṓdēs)
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