κόρη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, orig. κόρϝα (v. infr. B), with κόρ-η even in Att. Prose and Trag. dialogue; Dor. and Aeol. κόρα, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1308</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Alc.14</span>, also Trag. in lyr. as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>145</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>508</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>561</span>, and in the pr. n.: κούρα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.65</span>, and twice in Trag. (in lyr.), v. infr. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>: Ion. κούρη, as always in Hom. (<b class="b3">κόρη</b> first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>439</span>): Dor. also κώρα <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.36</span>, also Boeot., Corinn.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1.48, 2.60 (but <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κόρα <span class="title">IG</span>7.71012, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>883</span>, cf. <b class="b3">κορικός, κόριλλα</b>):—fem.of <b class="b3">κόρος, κοῦρος</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">girl</b>, ἠΰτε κούρη νηπίη ἥ θ' ἅμα μητρὶ θέουσ' ἀνελέσθαι ἀνώγει <span class="bibl">Il.16.7</span>; μήτε παῖδα μήτε κόραν <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 324.12 (Delph., iv B. C.); ἔτεκε κόραν <span class="title">IG</span>42 (1).121.22 (Epid.); with reference to virginity, <b class="b2">maiden</b>, κόρην . . οὐκέτ', ἀλλ' ἐζευγμένην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>536</span>; παῖς κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>595</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.79</span> codd.; παρθενικὴ κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>2</span>; ἀδελφὴ κ. <span class="bibl">Th.6.56</span>; ἀνεδέξαντο τὰς κόρας πέμψειν ἐν Ἴλιον <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 366 <span class="title">A</span>2 (Tolophon, iii B. C.); of Nymphs, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.78</span>; <b class="b3">ἐνάλιοι κ</b>. sea-<b class="b2">nymphs</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>325</span> (lyr.): Com., <b class="b3">πρέσβειρα πεντήκοντα Κωπᾴδων κορᾶν</b>, of eels, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>883</span>; <b class="b3">τευθὶς καὶ Φαληρικὴ κ</b>., i.e. <b class="b3">ἀφύη</b>, <span class="bibl">Eub.75.4</span>; of maiden-goddesses, however old, as the Eumenides, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>68</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>127</span> (lyr.); the Phorcids, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>794</span>; the Sphinx, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>508</span> (lyr.); the Fates, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>617d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of a bride, <span class="bibl">Od.18.279</span>; young wife, <span class="bibl">Il.6.247</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1438</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.10.8</span>; or concubine, as Briseis, <span class="bibl">Il.1.98</span>, <span class="bibl">337</span>, <span class="bibl">2.689</span>; <b class="b3">καταχύσματα . . κατάχει τοῦ νυμφίου καὶ τῆς κ</b>. the <b class="b2">bride</b>, <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Com.14</span>; of a <b class="b3">ἑταίρα</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.4 (Stat.Flacc.), <span class="bibl">219</span> (Agath.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> with gen. of a pr. n. added, <b class="b2">daughter</b>, νύμφαι κοῦραι Διός <span class="bibl">Il.6.420</span>, cf. Sapph.65, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>168</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>897</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κ. Διός</b>, of Athene, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>415</span>; <b class="b3">Λητῴα κόρη</b>, of Artemis, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>170</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>570</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἰναχεία, κ. Θεστιάς</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>589</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>133</span>; <b class="b3">Γῆς τε καὶ Σκότου κόραι</b>, i.e. the Furies, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>40</span>; in Thess. Prose, <b class="b3">Αἰσχυλὶς</b> <b class="b3">Σατύροι</b> (gen.) κόρα <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).1035 (Gyrton): without gen., <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1927.7 (Locr., V B.C.): in voc., <b class="b3">κούρα</b> <b class="b2">my daughter</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>148</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 180</span> (both lyr.); κόραι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>119</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., of a <b class="b2">colony</b>, Κύμης κ. <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>1.2</span>; of <b class="b2">newly-launched</b> ships, Lyc.24. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">puppet, doll</b>, as a child's plaything, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>199</span> (v. infr. v), <span class="bibl">D.Chr.31.153</span>; <b class="b2">small votive image</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>230b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">pupil</b> of the eye, because a little image appears therein (v. Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.133a), κύκλοπα κούρην <span class="bibl">Emp.84.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>710</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>972</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>10.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>23</span>; αἱ καλούμεναι κ. <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).122.67 (Epid., iv B. C.); K. <b class="b3">κόσμου</b>, title of Hermetic tract, Stob.1.49.44 tit. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">long sleeve</b> reaching over the hand, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">the Attic drachma</b>, because it bore a head of Athena, misinterpr. of Hyp.l.c. ap. <span class="bibl">Poll.9.74</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> = [[ὑπέρεικον]], Hp. ap. Gal.19.113. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> Archit., <b class="b2">female figures as supports, Caryatids</b>, τοὺς λίθους . . τοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν κορῶν <span class="title">IG</span>12.372.86 (Erechtheum). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Κόρη, Dor. Κόρα (Cret. Κώρα <span class="title">GDI</span>5047), Ion. Κούρη, Arc.(?) Κόρϝα <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).554 (provenance unknown), ἡ:—<b class="b2">the Daughter</b> (of Demeter), <span class="title">Persephone</span>, <b class="b3">τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κόρῃ</b> (v.l. [[Κούρῃ]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.65</span>; ναὶ τὰν Κόραν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1438</span>; <b class="b3">Δημήτηρ καὶ</b> K. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>298</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.6</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.1217, etc.; τῆς Κόρης ἁρπασθείσης <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.28</span>: less freq. K. Δήμητρος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>358</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>337</span>; K. τὴν Διὸς καὶ Δήμητρος <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Δηοῦς κ</b>., in Com., = <b class="b2">flour</b>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.52.9</span>; so μεμαγμένη Δήμητρος κ. <span class="bibl">Eub.75.10</span>.</span>