- κόρις
- κόρις, -ιος (-ιδος), -εωςGrammatical information: m. (f.)Meaning: `bug, Cimex lectularius' (Ar., Sor., Phryn.); also a fish (Dorio, Boeot. inscr., s. Lacroix Mélanges Boisacq 2, 52; after the flat form, Strömberg Fischnamen 124) and as plant-name, `Hypericum empetrifolium' (Dsc., Aët.; after form and aspect of the leaves?, Strömberg Theophrastea 50).Derivatives: Denomin. κορίζω `be full of bugs' (Gloss.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [938] *(s)ker- `cut'Etymology: Identical with Russ. korь f. `moth', as old verbal noun of the verb for `shave, cut' in κείρω etc. (s. v)?; so prop. "the cutting, biting"; WP. 2, 574 after Lidén Armen. Stud. 82f. (with semantic parallels) and Persson Beitr. 2, 942; diff. Solmsen Wortforsch. 161. - On the formation cf. τρόπις, τρόφις, τρόχις a. o. (Schwyzer 462). Cf. κόριον s. κορίαννον. Cf. Jouanna, RPh. 50 (1976) 32-40; Gil Fernandez, Nombres de insectos 109.Page in Frisk: 1,922
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.