κροκόδειλος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κροκόδιλος (krokódilos), κροκύδιλος (krokúdilos), κρεκύδειλος (krekúdeilos), κροκύδειλος (krokúdeilos), κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κορκότιλος (korkótilos), κορκόδριλλος (korkódrillos)
Etymology
Ionic word for "lizard" (common being σαύρα (saúra)), perhaps from κρόκη (krókē, “pebbles”) + δρῖλος (drîlos, “worm”), because crocodiles like resting on flat stones. Typologically compare Sanskrit कृकलास (kṛkalāsa, “lizard, chameleon”), said to be composed of the words for "pebble" and "sit".[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kro.kó.deː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kroˈko.di.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kroˈko.ði.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kroˈko.ði.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kroˈko.ði.los/
Noun
κροκόδειλος • (krokódeilos) m (genitive κροκοδείλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κροκόδειλος ho krokódeilos |
τὼ κροκοδείλω tṑ krokodeílō |
οἱ κροκόδειλοι hoi krokódeiloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κροκοδείλου toû krokodeílou |
τοῖν κροκοδείλοιν toîn krokodeíloin |
τῶν κροκοδείλων tôn krokodeílōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κροκοδείλῳ tôi krokodeílōi |
τοῖν κροκοδείλοιν toîn krokodeíloin |
τοῖς κροκοδείλοις toîs krokodeílois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κροκόδειλον tòn krokódeilon |
τὼ κροκοδείλω tṑ krokodeílō |
τοὺς κροκοδείλους toùs krokodeílous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κροκόδειλε krokódeile |
κροκοδείλω krokodeílō |
κροκόδειλοι krokódeiloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κροκοδίλινος (krokodílinos)
Descendants
- Greek: κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos)
- → Latin: crocodīlus (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܪܕܝܠܘܣ (qōrdīlōs)
- → Old Armenian: կոկորդիղոս (kokordiłos)
- → Old East Slavic: коркодилъ (korkodilŭ), коркоділъ (korkodilŭ), каркодилъ (karkodilŭ), коркодиⷧ҇ (korkodil)
- Old Ruthenian: коркоди́лъ (korkodíl), коркоде́лъ (korkodél)
- Middle Russian: коркоди́лъ (korkodíl), коркодѣ́лъ (korkodě́l)
- → Old Georgian: კორკოდილო (ḳorḳodilo), კორკოდინოს (ḳorḳodinos)
References
- ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916) “κροκόδιλος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 520
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “крокоди́л”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “κροκόδιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κροκόδειλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crocodile idem, page 185.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոկորդիղոս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 619–620
Greek
Alternative forms
- κροκόδιλος (krokódilos), κοκόρδειλος (kokórdeilos) — rare
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).
Pronunciation
Noun
κροκόδειλος • (krokódeilos) m (plural κροκόδειλοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos) | κροκόδειλοι (krokódeiloi) |
| genitive | κροκόδειλου (krokódeilou) κροκοδείλου (krokodeílou) |
κροκόδειλων (krokódeilon) κροκοδείλων (krokodeílon) |
| accusative | κροκόδειλο (krokódeilo) | κροκόδειλους (krokódeilous) κροκοδείλους (krokodeílous) |
| vocative | κροκόδειλε (krokódeile) | κροκόδειλοι (krokódeiloi) |
Second forms are formal.
Coordinate terms
- αλιγάτορας m (aligátoras, “alligator”)
- κάιμαν n (káiman, “caiman”)
Further reading
κροκόδειλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
