τρωγλοδύτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “I get into”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trɔː.ɡlo.dý.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tro.ɡloˈdy.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈðy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈðy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈði.tis/
Noun
τρωγλοδῠ́της • (trōglodŭ́tēs) m (genitive τρωγλοδῠ́του); first declension
- One who crawls in holes or caves, such as a snake or fox.
- A caveman
- A wren (of the genus Troglodytes)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρωγλοδῠ́της ho trōglodŭ́tēs |
τὼ τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ trōglodŭ́tā |
οἱ τρωγλοδῠ́ται hoi trōglodŭ́tai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρωγλοδῠ́του toû trōglodŭ́tou |
τοῖν τρωγλοδῠ́ταιν toîn trōglodŭ́tain |
τῶν τρωγλοδῠτῶν tôn trōglodŭtôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρωγλοδῠ́τῃ tōî trōglodŭ́tēi |
τοῖν τρωγλοδῠ́ταιν toîn trōglodŭ́tain |
τοῖς τρωγλοδῠ́ταις toîs trōglodŭ́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρωγλοδῠ́την tòn trōglodŭ́tēn |
τὼ τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ trōglodŭ́tā |
τοὺς τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱς toùs trōglodŭ́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρωγλοδῠ́τᾰ trōglodŭ́tă |
τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ trōglodŭ́tā |
τρωγλοδῠ́ται trōglodŭ́tai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: troglodyte
- French: troglodyte
- Greek: τρωγλοδύτης (troglodýtis)
- Italian: troglodita
- Portuguese: troglodita
- Russian: троглоди́т (troglodít)
- Sicilian: trugrudita
- Spanish: troglodita
References
- “τρωγλοδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρωγλοδύτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρωγλοδύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette