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語源

From Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl, maiden”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔəɹeɪ/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɹeɪ/

名詞

kore (複数形 korai または kores)

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
   • 1966, Spyros Meletzēs, Helenē A. Papadakē, Akropolis and Museum, page 42,

     Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .

   • 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, page 14,

     Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).

   • 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion, page 9,

     Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (単数形: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.

等位語

• kouros (statue of a male)

関連する語

• korephilia

Further reading

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• kero, oker, roke