κροκόδειλος

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

 

Noun

κροκόδειλος • (krokódeilos) m (genitive κροκοδείλου); second declension

  1. lizard
  2. crocodile
  3. A fallacy of the sophists

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κροκόδειλος; τοῦ κροκοδείλου (Attic)
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
tōî 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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)
      • Russian: коркоди́л (korkodíl) (dialectal)[2]
  • → Old Georgian: კორკოდილო (ḳorḳodilo), კორკოდინოს (ḳorḳodinos)

References

  1. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916) “κροκόδιλος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 520
  2. ^ 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

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾoˈko.ði.los/
  • Rhymes: -oðilos
  • Hyphenation: κρο‧κό‧δει‧λος

Noun

κροκόδειλος • (krokódeilos) m (plural κροκόδειλοι)

  1. crocodile (amphibious reptile)

Declension

Declension of κροκόδειλος
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

Further reading

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