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

 

• IPA^(key): /kór.sɛː/ → /ˈkor.si/ → /ˈkor.si/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kór.sɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.se̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.si/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.si/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.si/

Noun

κόρση • (kórsē) f (genitive κόρσης); first declension

1. (anatomy) temple, side of the forehead

   Synonym: κρόταφος (krótaphos)

2. (in the plural) hair on the temple
3. (architecture) part of a temple gate

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κόρση; τῆς κόρσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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