Ancient Greek

Noun

σορός • ‎(sorós) f ‎(genitive σοροῦ); second declension

1. a vessel for holding anything
2. as nickname of an old man or woman

References

• σορός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σορός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «σορός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G4673”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • coffin idem, page 141.

Greek

Noun

σορός • ‎(sorós) f ‎(plural σοροί)

1. corpse, cadaver, dead body
2. coffin

Declension

Synonyms

• (dead man): νεκρός m ‎(nekrós)
• (copse, carcass): πτώμα n ‎(ptóma)
• (carcass): κουφάρι n ‎(koufári)
• (carcass): ψοφίμι n ‎(psofími)