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語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɔːɹeɪ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkoɹeɪ/, /ˈkoʊɹeɪ/, /ˈkoɹi/, /ˈkoʊɹi/
• 韻: -ɔːɹeɪ, -əʊɹeɪ, -ɔːɹi, -əʊɹi
• 異形同音異義語: korai; Corey, corey, Cory, cory

名詞

kore (plural korai)

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 (singular: 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

参考

• baal kore

参照

• “kore”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “kore”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• kero, oker, roke