Κροῖσος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Lydian. Proposals for origin include:
- *Krowisas, from *Karos (proper name) + *-w- (semivowel) + *isas (“master, lord, noble”),[1]
- *Karošiš (“one of grace, the generous one”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krôi̯.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkry.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkry.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkry.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.sos/
Proper noun
Κροῖσος • (Kroîsos) m (genitive Κροίσου); second declension
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Κροίσος (Kroísos)
- → Latin: Croesus
- → English: Croesus
- → Old Armenian: Կրիւսոս (Kriwsos)
- Armenian: Կրեսոս (Kresos)
References
- ^ Kearns, J.M. (1997) “A Lydian Etymology for the Name of Croesus”, in Disterheft, Dorothy, Huld, Martin E., Greppin, John A.C., Polomé, Edgar C., editors, Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel-Part One: Ancient Languages and Philology, Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, →ISBN, pages 23-28
- ^ Garnier, Romain, Sagot, Benoît (2018) “New results on a centum substratum in Greek: the Lydian connection”, in International Colloquium on Loanwords and Substrata in Indo-European languages, Jun 2018, Limoges, France, pages 169-200