Κορυδαλλός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Identic with Ancient Greek κορυδαλλός (korudallós), a variant of κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), further connected to κόρυς (kórus), κόρυμβος (kórumbos) and κορυφή (koruphḗ) as well as the verbal forms κορυγγεῖν (korungeîn), κορύπτω (korúptō, “push with the head or horns”) and κορύσσομαι (korússomai, “to rear up”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn, head, top”). Compare Proto-Germanic *herutaz (“deer, stag”), Latin cervus (“deer, stag”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κορῠδᾰλλός • (Korŭdăllós) m (genitive Κορῠδᾰλλοῦ); second declension

  1. Corydallus, Attica, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κορῠδᾰλλός; τοῦ Κορῠδᾰλλοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κορῠδᾰλλός
ho Korŭdăllós
Genitive τοῦ Κορῠδᾰλλοῦ
toû Korŭdălloû
Dative τῷ Κορῠδᾰλλῷ
tôi Korŭdăllôi
Accusative τὸν Κορῠδᾰλλόν
tòn Korŭdăllón
Vocative Κορῠδᾰλλέ
Korŭdăllé
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: Corydallus

References

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