- κόρη
- pupil
- 1. fem. of κόρος, κοῦρος
2. a maiden, maid, damsel , Lat. puella, [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC], etc.
3. a bride, young wife , [8th/7th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]
4. a daughter , κοῦραι Διός [8th/7th c.BC]; κ. Διός, of Athene, [6th/5th c.BC]:—;in voc., κούρα my daughter , [6th/5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]
5. the pupil of the eye, Lat. pupula, because a little image appears therein, [Refs 5th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]
6. a long sleeve reaching over the hand, [5th/4th c.BC]
7. Κόρη, doric Κόρα, ionic Κούρη, ἡ, Cora, the Daughter (of Demeter), name under which Persephone (Proserpine) was worshipped in Attica, τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κούρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC], etc.; Δημήτηρ καὶ Κόρη [5th/4th c.BC], etc. (ML)