κορχυρέα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Dittenberger refers to γόργυρα (górgura, “sewer, drain”) and κορκόδρυα (korkódrua, “drain”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kor.kʰy.ré.aː/ → /kor.çyˈre.a/ → /kor.çiˈre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kor.kʰy.ré.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kor.kʰyˈre.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kor.çyˈre.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kor.çyˈre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kor.çiˈre.a/

Noun

κορχῠρέᾱ • (korkhuréā) f (genitive κορχῠρέᾱς); first declension

1. subterranean channel, culvert

Declension

First declension of ἡ κορχῠρέᾱ; τῆς κορχῠρέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορχῠρέᾱ hē korkhuréā	τὼ κορχῠρέᾱ tṑ korkhuréā	αἱ κορχῠρέαι hai korkhuréai
Genitive	τῆς κορχῠρέᾱς tês korkhuréās	τοῖν κορχῠρέαιν toîn korkhuréain	τῶν κορχῠρεῶν tôn korkhureôn
Dative	τῇ κορχῠρέᾳ têi korkhuréāi	τοῖν κορχῠρέαιν toîn korkhuréain	ταῖς κορχῠρέαις taîs korkhuréais
Accusative	τὴν κορχῠρέᾱν tḕn korkhuréān	τὼ κορχῠρέᾱ tṑ korkhuréā	τᾱ̀ς κορχῠρέᾱς tā̀s korkhuréās
Vocative	κορχῠρέᾱ korkhuréā	κορχῠρέᾱ korkhuréā	κορχῠρέαι korkhuréai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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