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|etymtx=ion. <b class="b3">-ρή<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: `<b class="b2">cropping of the hair, the beard, wool</b>, also of trees and grass; `<b class="b2">lock of hair, of wool, fur</b>; `<b class="b2">cut-off end, slips of wood</b> (IA.).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">κουρεύς</b> m. `[[shaver]], [[barber]] (Att.); name of a bird (H.; after the sound), with <b class="b3">κουρεῖον</b> `[[barber-shop]] (Att.), with <b class="b3">κουρεακός</b> `[[talkative]] (Plb.; on the formation Schwyzer 497); also <b class="b3">κουρευτής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Gloss.), f. <b class="b3">κουρεύτρια</b> (Plu.), <b class="b3">κουρευτικός</b> [[used for shaving]] (sch., Olymp.); cf. <b class="b3">κουρεύομαι</b> below; on <b class="b3">κουρεύς</b> etc. Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 46. - 2. <b class="b3">κούρειον</b> (<b class="b3">-εον</b>) n. `[[sacrifice of hair]] etc. on the Apaturia (S., Is., inscr.) with <b class="b3">Κούρειος</b> surn. of Apollon (Teos), <b class="b3">κουρεῶτις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> (<b class="b3">ἡμέρα</b>, <b class="b3">ἑορτή</b>) f. <b class="b2">the third day of the Apaturia, on which the hair of the young boys and girles was offered</b> (Pl., inscr.; Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 137 a. 493), <b class="b3">Κουρεών</b> (<b class="b3">-ηϊών</b>) <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. monthname in Magnesia on the Maeander (inscr.; s. Nachmanson Magn. 23 n. 1, 50). Here also with bleached 2. member <b class="b3">αἱμα-κουρίαι</b> pl. `[[bloodoffer]] (Pi.). - 3. <b class="b3">κούριμος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the cropping, shaved</b> (trag., Plu.), also <b class="b3">κουρεύσιμος</b> (sch.) as if from <b class="b3">*κούρευσις</b> (<b class="b3">κουρεύομαι</b>); Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 79f. - 4. <b class="b3">κουρικός</b> `[[used for the cropping]] (pap.). - 5. <b class="b3">κουρίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ίδος</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b> (<b class="b3">μάχαιρα</b>; Cratin.), `[[polisher-girl]] (com., Plb.). - 6. <b class="b3">κουρίας</b> m. `[[who has his hair shaved]] (Luc., D. L.). - 7. <b class="b3">κουράς ἡ ἐν τοῖς ὀροφώμασι γραφή</b>, <b class="b3">ὀροφικὸς πίναξ</b> H.; also <b class="b3">ἐγκουράς</b> (A. Fr. 142, H.). - 8. <b class="b3">κουρῖτις</b> f. plant-name, `<b class="b3">περιστερεὼν ὕπτιος</b><b class="b2">, Verbena officinalis</b> (Ps.-Dsc., Ps.-Apul.; motive unknown, cf. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 73). - Denomin. verbs: 1. <b class="b3">κουριάω</b> [[need cropping]], [[have long hair]] (Pherecr., Plu., Luc.; after the verbs of disease in <b class="b3">-ιάω</b>, Schwyzer 732); 2. <b class="b3">κουρίζω</b>, <b class="b3">-ίξαι</b> [[shave]], [[cut]] (Thphr., H.); 3. <b class="b3">κουρεύομαι</b> `[[adopt the tonsura]], [[have short hair]] (Just., Sch.). - On <b class="b3">κοῦρος</b> a. <b class="b3">κουρίξ</b> s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [945] <b class="b2">*kers-</b> `[[shave]]<br />Etymology: As primary verbal noun <b class="b3">κουρά</b> stands for <b class="b3">*κορσά</b> (on he phonetics Schwyzer 285f., Lejeune Traité de phon. 108 n. 3, 119 n. 2); the verb is seen in Hitt. [[karš-mi]] `[[cut off]] (IE rather <b class="b2">*kérs-mi</b> than <b class="b2">*kórs-mi</b>); with <b class="b2">t-</b>enlargement Toch. A <b class="b2">kärṣt-</b>, B <b class="b2">kärst-</b> `[[cut off]], [[destroy]]. Traces of the same verb (with diff. sound-development) show Gr. <b class="b3">ἀ-κερσε-κόμης</b>, <b class="b3">Κόρσης</b> nickname of a smooth-shaved man (Chrysipp.), <b class="b3">κορσός κορμός</b> H., <b class="b3">κορσοῦν κείρειν</b> H. with <b class="b3">κορσᾶς</b> m. (pap.), <b class="b3">κορσω-τήρ</b> (Call., Poll.) [[barber]], <b class="b3">-τεύς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>' (Ath. 12, 520e), <b class="b3">-τήριον</b> [[barber-shop]] (ibd.); further <b class="b3">κόρση</b>, s. v. - Pok. 945). Further s. <b class="b3">κείρω</b>.