corytos

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γωρῡτός (gōrūtós). The initial c was possibly influenced by κώρῠκος (kṓrukos) of similar sound and meaning. Alternatively, cōrȳtus might show a deaspiration of the variant χωρῡτός (khōrūtós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈryː.tos/, [koːˈryːt̪ɔs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈri.tos/, [koˈriːt̪os]

Noun

cōrȳtos m (genitive cōrȳtī); second declension

  1. a quiver
    Synonym: pharetra

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōrȳtos cōrȳtī
Genitive cōrȳtī cōrȳtōrum
Dative cōrȳtō cōrȳtīs
Accusative cōrȳton cōrȳtōs
Ablative cōrȳtō cōrȳtīs
Vocative cōrȳte cōrȳtī

References
  • “corytos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “corytos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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