δρῖλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δρεῖλος (dreîlos)

Etymology

Unknown. Beekes calls connections to δρίος (dríos, “thicket”), in the sense of "swelling," a "mere guess." Pokorny suggests the latter connection and also compares δριμύς (drimús, “piercing, sharp”), Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split open”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drîː.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.los/

Noun

δρῖλος • (drîlos) m (genitive δρῑ́λου); second declension

verpus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δρῖλος; τοῦ δρῑ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρῖλος ho drîlos	τὼ δρῑ́λω tṑ drī́lō	οἱ δρῖλοι hoi drîloi
Genitive	τοῦ δρῑ́λου toû drī́lou	τοῖν δρῑ́λοιν toîn drī́loin	τῶν δρῑ́λων tôn drī́lōn
Dative	τῷ δρῑ́λῳ tōî drī́lōi	τοῖν δρῑ́λοιν toîn drī́loin	τοῖς δρῑ́λοις toîs drī́lois
Accusative	τὸν δρῖλον tòn drîlon	τὼ δρῑ́λω tṑ drī́lō	τοὺς δρῑ́λους toùs drī́lous
Vocative	δρῖλε drîle	δρῑ́λω drī́lō	δρῖλοι drîloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “206-11”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 206-11

“δρῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δρῖλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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
Petersson, Herbert (1926) “Armenische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen‎^[1] (in German), volume 43, number 1, page 78 of 69–79

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “206-11”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 206-11

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