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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">sweep out, purify</b> (υ 149, Com.).<br />Other forms: aor. <b class="b3">κορῆσαι</b><br />Compounds: mostly with <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, rarely with <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">παρα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>. As 2. member in : <b class="b3">σηκο-κόρος</b> [[groom]] (ρ 224, Poll.), <b class="b3">νεω-κόρος</b> (Att.), Dor. <b class="b3">να(ο)-κόρος</b> <b class="b2">warden of a temple</b> (inscr.) with <b class="b3">-κορέω</b>, <b class="b3">-ία</b>, <b class="b3">-ίη</b>, <b class="b3">-εῖον</b>, <b class="b3">-ιον</b> (Att., hell.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κόρημα</b> [[dirt]], [[broom]] (Com.), <b class="b3">κόρηθρον</b> [[broom]] (Luc.), also, as backformation, <b class="b3">κόρος</b> [[broom]] (Bion, H.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: On <b class="b3">ζακόρος</b> s. v. - Also <b class="b3">κορίζω</b> in <b class="b3">κεκορισμένος</b> [[purified]] (BGU 1120, 40; Ia). Iterative-intensive deverbative (Schwyzer 719) of everyday language without etymology. Vain suggestions by Hirt IF 17, 391, Prellwitz s. v., WP. 1, 462; s. Bq s. v. and W.-Hofmann s. [[cōlum]]. Cf. also <b class="b3">κόσκινον</b>.

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