κουρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κουρά (kourá, “wool shorn, fleece”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuː.rís/ → /kuˈris/ → /kuˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kuː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kuˈris/

Noun

κουρῐ́ς • (kourís) f (genitive κουρῐ́δος); third declension

1. shears, used for removing the fleece from sheep

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κουρῐ́ς; τῆς κουρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κουρῐ́ς hē kourís	τὼ κουρῐ́δε tṑ kouríde	αἱ κουρῐ́δες hai kourídes
Genitive	τῆς κουρῐ́δος tês kourídos	τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν toîn kourídoin	τῶν κουρῐ́δων tôn kourídōn
Dative	τῇ κουρῐ́δῐ têi kourídi	τοῖν κουρῐ́δοιν toîn kourídoin	ταῖς κουρῐ́σῐ / κουρῐ́σῐν taîs kourísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κουρῐ́δᾰ tḕn kourída	τὼ κουρῐ́δε tṑ kouríde	τᾱ̀ς κουρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s kourídas
Vocative	κουρῐ́ς kourís	κουρῐ́δε kouríde	κουρῐ́δες kourídes
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.

References

• “κουρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κουρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette