Corinna

Latinized form of the Greek name κόρη (kore) meaning "maiden" [1] [2] . This was the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. The Roman poet Ovid used it for the main female character in his book Amores [3] . In the modern era it has been in use since the 17th century, when Robert Herrick used it in his poem Corinna's going a-Maying [4] .

classic formal upper class natural wholesome refined strange complex serious

1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Κόριννα.
2. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry ko/rh, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dko%2Frh.
3. Page at https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.03.0016%3Abook%3D1%3Apoem%3D5.
4. Page at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxford_Book_of_English_Verse_1250-1900/Corinna%27s_going_a-Maying.

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