- Κώρυκος
- ΚώρυκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: GN Κώρυκος promontory in Cilicia (h. Ap.).Derivatives: with -αῖος; also Κωρύκιον ἄντρον on the Parnassos, with Κωρύκιαι νύμφαι etc. (Hdt., trag.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: A (Cilician?) word with (W.-)Hofmann s. corium after Wharton, Huber etc., thus Bertoldi Zeitschr. f. rom. Phil. 68, 73ff. The shape of the word is very much Pre-Greek. (It could represent *kāruk-, for which see s. v. κῆρυξ, but I see no way to connect `messenger'; not to the `leathern sack'.)Page in Frisk: 2,63-64
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.