Κόρινθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Pre-Greek (Pelasgian) *kar (“point, peak”), from which Ancient Greek κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”). The suffix -νθος (-nthos) indicates the source as a lost pre-Indo-European language.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.rin.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.rin.θos/
Proper noun
Κόρῐνθος • (Kórinthos) f (genitive Κορῐ́νθου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κόρῐνθος hē Kórinthos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κορῐ́νθου tês Korínthou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κορῐ́νθῳ têi Korínthōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κόρῐνθον tḕn Kórinthon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κόρῐνθε Kórinthe | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- Κορῐ́νθῐος (Korínthios)
- Κορῐνθῐᾰκός (Korinthiakós)
References
- ↑ Sacks, Murray, Brody, Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Further reading
- Κόρινθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Κόρινθος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Κόρινθος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Κόρινθος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2882 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos).
Pronunciation
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Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈkoɾinθos/
- Hyphenation: Κό‧ριν‧θος
Proper noun
Κόρινθος • (Kórinthos) f
- Corinth (large town in Peloponnisos)
Declension
Derived terms
- Κορίνθιος m (Korínthios, “male Corinthian”)
- Κορίνθια f (Korínthia, “female Corinthian”)
- Κορινθία f (Korinthía, “female Corinthian”)
- κορινθιακός (korinthiakós) (adjective)
Further reading
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