κόρθιλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée derives it from κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), but the form looks Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kór.tʰi.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkor.tʰi.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
Noun
κόρθῐλος • (kórthĭlos) m (genitive κορθῐ́λου); second declension
- Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Synonyms: βασιλίσκος (basilískos), ῥόβιλλος (rhóbillos), τροχίλος (trokhílos), τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόρθῐλος ho kórthĭlos |
τὼ κορθῐ́λω tṑ korthĭ́lō |
οἱ κόρθῐλοι hoi kórthĭloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κορθῐ́λου toû korthĭ́lou |
τοῖν κορθῐ́λοιν toîn korthĭ́loin |
τῶν κορθῐ́λων tôn korthĭ́lōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κορθῐ́λῳ tōî korthĭ́lōi |
τοῖν κορθῐ́λοιν toîn korthĭ́loin |
τοῖς κορθῐ́λοις toîs korthĭ́lois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόρθῐλον tòn kórthĭlon |
τὼ κορθῐ́λω tṑ korthĭ́lō |
τοὺς κορθῐ́λους toùs korthĭ́lous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόρθῐλε kórthĭle |
κορθῐ́λω korthĭ́lō |
κόρθῐλοι kórthĭloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κόρθιλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ