Etymology

kouros

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Today it means: A sculpture of a naked youth in Ancient Greece, the male equivalent of a kore. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κοῦρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοῦρος
  2. English todaykouros

From Ionic Ancient Greek κοῦρος (koûros), variant of Attic κόρος (kóros, “boy”).

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