κώρυκος

See also: Κώρυκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The resemblance with Latin corium (“leather”) is deceptive. According to Beekes, the word is undoubtely from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.ry.kos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.kos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.kos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.kos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ri.kos/

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Noun

κώρυκος • (kṓrukos) m (genitive κωρύκου); second declension

A leathern sack or wallet for provisions
A punchbag in the gymnasium
A leathern quiver
(anatomy) The scrotum

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κώρυκος; τοῦ κωρύκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κώρυκος ho kṓrukos	τὼ κωρύκω tṑ kōrúkō	οἱ κώρυκοι hoi kṓrukoi
Genitive	τοῦ κωρύκου toû kōrúkou	τοῖν κωρύκοιν toîn kōrúkoin	τῶν κωρύκων tôn kōrúkōn
Dative	τῷ κωρύκῳ tôi kōrúkōi	τοῖν κωρύκοιν toîn kōrúkoin	τοῖς κωρύκοις toîs kōrúkois
Accusative	τὸν κώρυκον tòn kṓrukon	τὼ κωρύκω tṑ kōrúkō	τοὺς κωρύκους toùs kōrúkous
Vocative	κώρυκε kṓruke	κωρύκω kōrúkō	κώρυκοι kṓrukoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κωρυκίδιον (kōrukídion)
κωρύκιον (kōrúkion)
κωρυκίς (kōrukís)
κωρυκοβολία (kōrukobolía)
κωρυκομαχία (kōrukomakhía)
κωρυκώδης (kōrukṓdēs)

Descendants

Latin: cōrycus