κρόταφος
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Κρόταφος
Ancient Greek
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Usually derived from κρότος (krótos, “beating”) as "beating of the veins in the temples". Furnée connects it with κόρση (kórsē, “temple”). Maybe from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kró.ta.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.fos/
Noun
κρότᾰφος • (krótăphos) m (genitive κροτάφου); second declension
- (anatomy) temple, side of the forehead
- Synonym: κόρση (kórsē)
- (in general) side, edge, profil
- slope of a mountain
- back of a book
- edge or narrow side of a stele
Inflection
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| Nominative | ὁ κρότᾰφος ho krótăphos |
τὼ κροτᾰ́φω tṑ krotắphō |
οἱ κρότᾰφοι hoi krótăphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κροτᾰ́φου toû krotắphou |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́φοιν toîn krotắphoin |
τῶν κροτᾰ́φων tôn krotắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κροτᾰ́φῳ tôi krotắphōi |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́φοιν toîn krotắphoin |
τοῖς κροτᾰ́φοις toîs krotắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κρότᾰφον tòn krótăphon |
τὼ κροτᾰ́φω tṑ krotắphō |
τοὺς κροτᾰ́φους toùs krotắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρότᾰφε krótăphe |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | κρότᾰφος krótăphos |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | κροτᾰ́φου / κροτᾰφοῖο / κροτᾰ́φοιο / κροτᾰφόο / κροτᾰ́φοο krotắphou / krotăphoîo / krotắphoio / krotăphóo / krotắphoo |
κροτᾰ́φοιῐν krotắphoiĭn |
κροτᾰ́φων krotắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | κροτᾰ́φῳ krotắphōi |
κροτᾰ́φοιῐν krotắphoiĭn |
κροτᾰ́φοισῐ / κροτᾰ́φοισῐν / κροτᾰ́φοις krotắphoisĭ(n) / krotắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | κρότᾰφον krótăphon |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κροτᾰ́φους krotắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρότᾰφε krótăphe |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κροταφίζω (krotaphízō)
- κροτάφιος (krotáphios)
- κροταφίς (krotaphís)
- κροταφιστής (krotaphistḗs)
- κροταφίτης (krotaphítēs)
- πολιοκρόταφος (poliokrótaphos)
Descendants
- Greek: κρόταφος (krótafos)
Further reading
- “κρόταφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρόταφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κρόταφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρόταφος (krótaphos, “side of head, temple”).
Pronunciation
Noun
κρόταφος • (krótafos) m (plural κρόταφοι)
Declension
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| nominative | κρόταφος (krótafos) | κρόταφοι (krótafoi) |
| genitive | κροτάφου (krotáfou) | κροτάφων (krotáfon) |
| accusative | κρόταφο (krótafo) | κροτάφους (krotáfous) |
| vocative | κρόταφε (krótafe) | κρόταφοι (krótafoi) |
Related terms
- κρανίο n (kranío, “cranium, skull”)