κορύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps related to κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), referring to the thick end of the weapon. According to Beekes, the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rý.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.ni/

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Noun

κορύνη • (korúnē) f (genitive κορύνης); first declension

A mace, a club shod with iron for fighting
A shepherd's staff
(botany) A knobby bud or shoot
A synonym for πόσθη (pósthē, “penis”)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κορύνη; τῆς κορύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορύνη hē korúnē	τὼ κορύνᾱ tṑ korúnā	αἱ κορύναι hai korúnai
Genitive	τῆς κορύνης tês korúnēs	τοῖν κορύναιν toîn korúnain	τῶν κορυνῶν tôn korunôn
Dative	τῇ κορύνῃ têi korúnēi	τοῖν κορύναιν toîn korúnain	ταῖς κορύναις taîs korúnais
Accusative	τὴν κορύνην tḕn korúnēn	τὼ κορύνᾱ tṑ korúnā	τᾱ̀ς κορύνᾱς tā̀s korúnās
Vocative	κορύνη korúnē	κορύνᾱ korúnā	κορύναι korúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κορυνάω (korunáō)
κορύνησις (korúnēsis)
κορυνήτης (korunḗtēs)
κορυνηφόρος (korunēphóros)
κορυνιόεις (korunióeis)
κορυνομάχος (korunomákhos)
κορυνώδης (korunṓdēs)

References

κορύνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κορύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κορύνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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

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