κόρη

κόρη

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `young girl, daughter', metaph. `pupil', archit. `female figure', also name of the daughter of Persephone (IA., Arc.); on the contents Kerényi Paideuma 1, 341ff. (h. Cer. 439). Zumbach Neuerungen 57

Other forms: ep. Ion. κούρη (Il.), Dor. κώρα, κόρα, Arc. Cor. κόρϜα

Dialectal forms: Myc. kowo, kowa

Compounds: Some compp., e. g. κορο-πλάθος m. `sculptor of semale figures' (Att.).

Derivatives: Several diminut.: κόριον, Dor. (Megar.) κώριον (Ar., Theoc.) with κορίδιον (Delphi, Naupaktos); κορίσκη (Pl. Com.) with -ίσκιον (Poll.); also Κορίσκος m. name of an arbitrary man (Arist.), also as PN (D. L.); κοράσιον (hell.; Schwyzer 471 n. 5) with -ασίδιον (Arr.), -ασίς (Steph. Med.), -ασιώδης (Com. Adesp., Plu.); κόριλλα, Κόριννα (Boeot.; Chantraine Formation 252 u. 205); κορύδιον (Naupaktos). - Adjectives: κουρίδιος (Ion. Il.), prop. `of a young lady, untouched', then `matrimonial, lawfull' (ἄλοχος, πόσις, λέχος a. o.; on the meaning Bechtel Lex. s. v., on the formation Schwyzer 467, Chantraine Formation 40); κουρήϊος `of a young lady' (h. Cer. 108; Zumbach Neuerungen 14); Κόρειος `of Κόρη', Κόρειον, -α pl. `temple', resp. `feast of Κόρη' (Attica, Plu.); κοραῖος `of a girl' (Epic. in Arch. Pap. 7, 8), κορικός `id.' (hell.; Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 121). *Κορίτης (-τις) `servant of Κόρη' in Κορειτῆαι pl. for *Κοριτεῖαι `service of Κόρη?' (Lycosoura). - Verbs: κορεύομαι `pass one's maidenhood' (E.), `loose ...' (Pherecyd.) with κόρευμα, κορεία maidenhood' (E., resp. D. Chr., AP); κορίζομαι prop. *"treat like a maiden (child)", `caress' (Ar.), ὑπο- κόρη `call with endearing names, address' (Pi., Att.). - Beside κόρη or perhaps formed from it (s. below): κόρος (trag., Pl. Lg., Plu.; also Dor.), ep. κοῦρος, Theoc. κῶρος m. `youth, boy, son' (Il.). Compp., e. g. ἄ-κουρος `without son' (η 64), κουρο-τρόφος `educating youths' (Od.); on Διόσκουροι s. v. - Derivv: κούρητες m. pl. `younge warrior' (Il.), Κουρῆτες, Dor. Κωρ- (Hes., Crete etc.) `Cureten', name of divine beings, which dance a weapon-dance around the Zeus child etc. (Hes. Fr. 198, Crete etc.) with Κουρητικός, -ῆτις, κουρητεύω, κουρητισμός (hell.); on the formation of κούρητες Schwyzer 499, Chantraine Formation 267; on the accent Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 106 (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1163); also v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 129 n. 1. To κοῦρος also κουρώδης `boy-like', prob. also κούριος `youthful' (Orph. A., Orac. ap. Paus. 9, 14, 3), κουροσύνη, -Dor. -α `youth' (Theoc., AP), -συνος `youthful' (AP). - κουρίζω `be a young man, maiden' (χ 185), `educate a youth' (Hes.), κουριζόμενος ὑμεναιούμενος H. -.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [577] *ḱerh₁- `grow'

Etymology: The more limited attestation of masc. κοῦρος, κόρος compared with general κούρη, κόρη perhaps indicates that the masc. was an innovation to fem. PGr. *κόρϜα; s. Lommel Femininbildungen 7ff. As masc. counterpart there were e. g. παῖς and νεανίας. - That κόρϜα, *κόρϜος come from the root of κορέννυμι, is generally ccepted, but the exact jugment is difficult: prop. abstractformation, as "growth, flourishing, blossom"? The meaning `sprout, branch' for κόρος (rare : Lysipp. 9, Hp. ap. Gal. 19, 113) is hardly very old, but developed from `son' or the like (or from κείρω?, s. on κοῦρος). Note κόρυξ νεανίσκος H. (beside κόριψ `id.' and Κόρυψ Boeot. PN, s. Bechtel Namenstudien 29f.), which may have an intermediate u-stem; Specht Ursprung 148. Further s. κορέννυμι. - κοῦρος not with Bezzenberger, Fick and Bechtel (s. Lex. s. v.) to Lith. šárvas `armament', κόρυς `helm'; s. Kretschmer Glotta 8, 254.

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