κόρις

Ancient Greek

Cimex lectularius (1)

Coris julis (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-is (“cutting, gnawing”), from *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate to Russian корь (korʹ, “moth”).

Alternatively related to ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”) via Pre-Greek. Compare also κᾱρῑ́ς (kārī́s, “shrimp”).

Noun

κόρῐς • (kórĭs) m (genitive κόρεως or κόρῐος); third declension

1. bedbug
2. a type of fish
3. a type of St. John's wort

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κόρῐς; τοῦ κόρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόρῐς ho kórĭs	τὼ κόρει tṑ kórei	οἱ κόρεις hoi kóreis
Genitive	τοῦ κόρεως toû kóreōs	τοῖν κορέοιν toîn koréoin	τῶν κόρεων tôn kóreōn
Dative	τῷ κόρει tōî kórei	τοῖν κορέοιν toîn koréoin	τοῖς κόρεσῐ / κόρεσῐν toîs kóresĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κόρῐν tòn kórĭn	τὼ κόρει tṑ kórei	τοὺς κόρεις toùs kóreis
Vocative	κόρῐ kórĭ	κόρει kórei	κόρεις kóreis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κοριός m (koriós, “bedbug”)
• ⇒ Medieval Greek: κόριζα (kóriza), *κόριδα (*kórida)
  • → Old East Slavic: корида (korida)
  • ⇒ Italiot Greek: κόριδα (kórida), κόρικα (kórika), κόρεκα (kóreka)
  • ⇒ Pontic Greek: κορίδιν (korídin), κόρδα f (kórda) — Thoania
    • → Laz: მკორიდა (mǩorida), კორიდა (ǩorida) — alternative spelling
    • → Turkish: korda — Rize, Trabzon

Further reading

• “κόρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press