Κέρκυρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, and Κερκῡραῖοι, οἱ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[Κόρκυρα]], [[Κορκυραῖοι]], [[Corcyra]], [[Corfu]], [[Kerkyra]], in codd. of Hdt., Th., and later Attic Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.96, etc.; early Attic Inscrr. and [[Corcyraean]] coins have [[Κορ]]-, <span class="title">IG</span>12.295, BMus.Cat.Coins Thessaly p.117, [[Corinth]] p.112.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: the island of Corcyra (Hdt., Th., att. inscr. since 375a).<br />Other forms: also [[Κόρκυρα]] (Att. inscr. 433a, also Corcyraean coins; prob. from assimilation [[ε]] - [[υ]] > [[ο]] - [[υ]], Schwyzer 255). Alcman has [[Κέρκυρ]] (fr. 114 Page). Myc. [[korokuraijo]] \/[[Korkuraios]]\/.<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[korokuraijo]] \/[[Korkuraios]]\/.<br />Derivatives: [[Κερκυραῖος]] (<b class="b3">Κορ-</b>) <b class="b2">inhabitant of C.</b><br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Here also the Illyrian people's-name [[Κέρκυρες]] (cf. [[Ἴλλυρες]]); from there the name of the island? (Schwyzer 66). Acc. to Mayer KZ 70, 76ff. prop. the "oak-island", from the Illyr. word for [[oak]] to Lat. [[quercus]], Goth. [[fairguni]] [[mountain]] etc. Other combinations in Specht Sprache 1, 40f.