κόρση
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόρρα (kórrha) – Doric
- κόρρη (kórrhē) – Attic
- κόρσα (kórsa) – Aeolic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), the same root of κείρω (keírō, “to cut”) and κορμός (kormós, “trunk”). Perhaps the original meaning of this word was "haircut at the temples".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kór.sɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkor.se̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.si/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.si/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkor.si/
Noun
κόρση • (kórsē) f (genitive κόρσης); first declension
- (anatomy) temple, side of the forehead
- Synonym: κρόταφος (krótaphos)
- (in the plural) hair on the temple
- (architecture) part of a temple gate
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κόρση; τῆς κόρσης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κόρση hē kórsē | τὼ κόρσᾱ tṑ kórsā | αἱ κόρσαι hai kórsai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κόρσης tês kórsēs | τοῖν κόρσαιν toîn kórsain | τῶν κορσῶν tôn korsôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κόρσῃ têi kórsēi | τοῖν κόρσαιν toîn kórsain | ταῖς κόρσαις taîs kórsais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κόρσην tḕn kórsēn | τὼ κόρσᾱ tṑ kórsā | τᾱ̀ς κόρσᾱς tā̀s kórsās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόρση kórsē | κόρσᾱ kórsā | κόρσαι kórsai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κορσᾶς (korsâs)
- κορσεῖα (korseîa)
- κορσήεις (korsḗeis)
- κόρσης (kórsēs)
- κορσοειδής (korsoeidḗs)
- πυρσόκορσος (pursókorsos)
- ψιλοκόρσης (psilokórsēs)
Further reading
- “κόρση”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόρση”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόρση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN