Cora
English
Etymology
Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). It could also refer directly to κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).
Proper noun
Cora
- A female given name.
- 1826 James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans/Chapter 2:
- The youth had turned to speak to the dark-eyed Cora, when the distant sound of horses hoofs, clattering over the roots of the broken way in his rear, caused him to check his charger;
- 1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin (1991), →ISBN, page 78:
- "Where are you from originally, Coral?" "Indiana." "Lots of Corals out there, I bet." She hesitated, seemed about to flare, and then smiled instead, showing a little gap between two front teeth. "Well, it was Cora Lucille, I guess, " she said, still smiling, looking very much like a Cora Lucille in that moment. Hawes imagined pigtails tied with polka-dot rags.
- 1826 James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans/Chapter 2:
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.ra/, [ˈkɔ.ra]
Proper noun
Cora f (genitive Corae); first declension
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cora |
Genitive | Corae |
Dative | Corae |
Accusative | Coram |
Ablative | Corā |
Vocative | Cora |
Derived terms
- Corānus
- Coracēsium
References
- Cŏra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cora in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Cora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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