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κώρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κώρα

Structure: κωρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: doric for kou/rh.

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "Δάφνι τάλαν, τί τὺ τάκεαι, ἁ δέ τε κώρα πάσασ ἀνὰ κράνασ, πάντ’ ἄλσεα ποσσὶ φορεῖται‐‐ ἄρχετε βουκολικᾶσ Μοῖσαι φίλαι ἄρχετ’ ἀοιδᾶσ‐‐ ζάτεισ’; (Theocritus, Idylls, 57)
  • ἦ γὰρ πρᾶν ἐσ πόντον ἐσέβλεπον, ἦσ δὲ γαλάνα, καὶ καλὰ μὲν τὰ γένεια, καλὰ δέ μευ ἁ μία κώρα, ὡσ παρ’ ἐμὶν κέκριται, κατεφαίνετο, τῶν δέ τ’ ὀδόντων λευκοτέραν αὐγὰν Παρίασ ὑπέφαινε λίθοιο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 23)
  • ἄγρια δ’ αὐτῷ χείλεα καὶ κῶραι δεινὸν βλέποσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 6)
  • φεῦ φεῦ τᾶσ Παφίασ χόλον ἅζεο καὶ σύγε κώρα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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