A.wedded, Ion. and poet.Adj., used sts. of the husband, “κουρίδιον ποθέουσα πόσιν” Il.5.414; “κουριδίῳ τεύξασα πόσει φόνον” Od.11.430; “κουριδίοιο φίλοιο οὐκέτι μέμνηται” 15.22: more freq. of the woman, lawful, wedded wife, “κουριδίης ἀλόχου” Il.1.114; ἀλλά μ᾽ ἔφασκες Ἀχιλλῆος θείοιο κ. ἄλοχον θήσειν (Briseis to Patroclus) 19.298; κ. ἄκοιτις, ἀκοίτης, A.R.3.243, 4.1072; κ. γυναῖκες, opp. παλλακαί, Hdt.1.135, 5.18, cf. 6.138, Aristox.Fr. Hist.72: in poet. epitaphs, “μνῆμ᾽ ἀλόχῳ . . θήκατο κουριδίῃ” IG3.1376.10, cf. 7.2539.9 (Thebes); ἀνὴρ κ. in prose epitaphs, CIG3827 ι (Cotiaeum), 4176 (Amasia), cf. Parth.27.2, Jul.Or.3.110c: as Subst., κ., ἡ, wedded wife, Q.S.5.445.
2. of things, νωΐτερον λέχος αὐτῶν κουρίδιον our own lawful marriage bed, Il.15.40, cf. Ar.Pax844; δῶμα κ. house of my wedlock, Od.19.580; “κ. γάμοι” Archil.18; κ. τέκνα born in wedlock, CIG3333 (Smyrna).
II. epith. of Apollo in Laconia, Hsch.