Κόριον

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Κόριον, τόπος ἐν Κρήτῃ ἀπὸ κόρης τινός. ὁ πολίτης Κορήσιος. καὶ λίμνη Κορησία. καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν Κορησίας. ταῦτα δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κόρη γέγονεν. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Κόριον τὸ ἀνάλογον Κοριεύς.

Korion: a place in Crete, from some maiden. A citizen is a 'Koresios'. Also a lake, Koresia; also a sanctuary of Athena of Koresia. These are derived from 'kore'. From Korion, the corresponding form is 'Korieus'.

Text Details

Entry#164
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 374.12 · Billerbeck Κ164
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count30
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΚόριονKorion · place
ΚρήτηCrete · place
ΚορήσιοςKorēsios (citizen of Korion) · people
ΚορησίαKore­sia (name of a lake) · place
ἈθηνᾶAthena · deity
ΚορησίαKore­sia · place
ΚοριεύςKorieus · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person'Kórion: a place in Crete from a certain maiden.' 'These [names] have arisen from the maiden.'
Morphological Composition'the citizen (demonym) Korēsios; and the lake Koresia; and Athena's sanctuary Koresias.' 'These have arisen from the maiden (kórē).'
Morphological Composition'And from Kórion the corresponding (ethnic name) Korieus.'

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