Κωρυκίς

Κωρυκίς

See also: Κώρυκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κώρῠκος (Kṓrukos, “Corycus”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔː.ry.kís/ → /ko.ryˈcis/ → /ko.riˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.ry.kís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈkis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.riˈcis/

Proper noun

Κωρῠκῐ́ς • (Kōrukís) f (genitive Κωρῠκῐ́δος); third declension

1. Corycian Cave

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κωρῠκῐ́ς; τῆς Κωρῠκῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κωρῠκῐ́ς hē Kōrukís
Genitive	τῆς Κωρῠκῐ́δος tês Kōrukídos
Dative	τῇ Κωρῠκῐ́δῐ têi Kōrukídi
Accusative	τὴν Κωρῠκῐ́δᾰ tḕn Kōrukída
Vocative	Κωρῠκῐ́ς Kōrukís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Κωρυκίς (Korykís); Κωρυκίδα (Korykída)
• Latin: Cōrycis

References

• “Κωρυκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007