κωλύω + ῥέω
Word
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Word-form
κόρη
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
korē
English translation (word)
girl
Transliteration (Etymon)
kōluō + rheō
English translation (etymon)
to prevent + to flow
Century
7-8 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Viae dux 2.8
Ed.
K.-H. Uthemann, Anastasius Sinaïtae viae dux [Corpus Christianorum. Series Graeca 8. Turnhout: Brepols, 1981]
Quotation
κόρη, κώλυσις τοῦ ῥεῖν ἤτοι πρὸ τοῦ τόκου ἤτοι πρὸ τῶν αἱμάτων
Translation (En)
Korē "girl", preventing (kōlusis) of flowing (rheîn), of course before giving birth, of course before the menstruations
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 530 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 339 (Κόρη, κώλυσις τοῦ ῥεῖν ἤτοι πρὸ τοῦ τόκου, ἤγουν πρὸ τῶν αἱμάτων)
Modern etymology
From κόρϝᾱ, Ionic κούρη. Probably belongs with κορέννυμι "to satiate", from a PIE root *kerh3- "to feed" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has κόρη "(baby) girl"
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, meant only for the meaning "girl" and unfit for the meaning "pupil of the eye". The young girl is etymologized by a negative feature, it is the age before the first menstruations. As in all compositional etymologies, only the first syllable of each word is kept.