κόρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *kórwos (“boy”) (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀺 (ko-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”); see also Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κορέννυμι (korénnumi), Latin creō (“produce, create, bring forth”), crēscō and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”).

Noun

κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension

1. boy, youth
2. soldier
3. son
4. puppet, doll

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόρος; τοῦ κόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρος ho kóros	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi
Genitive	τοῦ κόρου toû kórou	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn
Dative	τῷ κόρῳ tôi kórōi	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois
Accusative	τὸν κόρον tòn kóron	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous
Vocative	κόρε kóre	κόρω kórō	κόροι kóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Alternative forms

• κοῦρος (koûros) — Ionic
• κῶρος (kôros) — Doric

Coordinate terms

• κόρη (kórē)

Derived terms

• κοροπλάθος (koropláthos)
• κουρίδιος (kourídios)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”).

Noun

κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension

1. being satisfied, satiety, surfeit

   Synonym: ἅδος (hádos)

2. insolence, petulance

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόρος; τοῦ κόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρος ho kóros	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi
Genitive	τοῦ κόρου toû kórou	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn
Dative	τῷ κόρῳ tôi kórōi	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois
Accusative	τὸν κόρον tòn kóron	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous
Vocative	κόρε kóre	κόρω kórō	κόροι kóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 3

From Hebrew כֹּר (kor), itself from Akkadian kurru (cognate with Aramaic kor כֹּר, Syriac-Aramaic kora ܟܽܘܪܳܐ), itself from the Sumerian measure GUR.

Noun

κόρος • (kóros) m (genitive κόρου); second declension

1. kor (a dry measure containing 10 medimnes)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόρος; τοῦ κόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρος ho kóros	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	οἱ κόροι hoi kóroi
Genitive	τοῦ κόρου toû kórou	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τῶν κόρων tôn kórōn
Dative	τῷ κόρῳ tôi kórōi	τοῖν κόροιν toîn kóroin	τοῖς κόροις toîs kórois
Accusative	τὸν κόρον tòn kóron	τὼ κόρω tṑ kórō	τοὺς κόρους toùs kórous
Vocative	κόρε kóre	κόρω kórō	κόροι kóroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κόρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boy idem, page 92.
  • disenchantment idem, page 232.
  • disgust idem, page 233.
  • dislike idem, page 234.
  • ennui idem, page 276.
  • excess idem, page 288.
  • glut idem, page 363.
  • lad idem, page 473.
  • monotony idem, page 539.
  • nausea idem, page 552.
  • plethora idem, page 620.
  • repletion idem, page 696.
  • satiety idem, page 734.
  • son idem, page 793.
  • surfeit idem, page 843.