crocodilus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

Noun

crocodīlus m (genitive crocodīlī); second declension

  1. A crocodile

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crocodīlus crocodīlī
Genitive crocodīlī crocodīlōrum
Dative crocodīlō crocodīlīs
Accusative crocodīlum crocodīlōs
Ablative crocodīlō crocodīlīs
Vocative crocodīle crocodīlī

Descendants

From a form with metathesis *coccodrīllus, and sometimes more later irregular shifts:

Borrowings

References

  • “crocodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crocodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crocodilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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