παρακόρη
Greek
Noun
παρακόρη • (parakóri) f (plural παρακόρες)
- An adopted daughter or foster daughter
- A female live-in servant
- 1976, Ζήσιμου Σίδερη, transl., Όμηρου Οδύσσεια, book 9, lines 205-207:
- [...] πιοτὸ θεϊκό, ποὺ μὲς στὸ σπίτι / σκλάβα καμιὰ δὲν τό 'ξερε μήτε ἄλλη παρακόρη / ἐξὸν αὐτός, τὸ ταίρι του καὶ μιὰ ἐπιστάτρα μόνη.
- [...] piotò theïkó, poù mès stò spíti / sklába kamià dèn tó 'xere mḗte állē parakórē / exòn autós, tò taíri tou kaì mià epistátra mónē.
- [...] a drink of the gods, of which in the household / not a single slave nor housemaid knew of it / other than he, his partner and one butler only.
Declension
Synonyms
- adopted daughter: θετή (thetí), ψυχοκόρη (psychokóri)
Related terms
- παραγιός (paragiós, “adopted son”)
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