Κροῖσος

See also: Κροίσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian *𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮 (*krowisas, literally “the noble Karoś”)[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κροῖσος • (Kroîsos) m (genitive Κροίσου); second declension

  1. Croesus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Κροῖσος; τοῦ Κροίσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κροῖσος
ho Kroîsos
Genitive τοῦ Κροίσου
toû Kroísou
Dative τῷ Κροίσῳ
tôi Kroísōi
Accusative τὸν Κροῖσον
tòn Kroîson
Vocative Κροῖσε
Kroîse
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Κροίσος (Kroísos)
  • → Latin: Croesus
  • → Old Armenian: Կրիւսոս (Kriwsos)

References
  1. Kearns, J.M. (1997) “A Lydian Etymology for the Name of Croesus”, in Disterheft, Dorothy, Huld, Martin E., Greppin, John A.C., Polomé, Edgar C., editors, Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel-Part One: Ancient Languages and Philology, Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, →ISBN, pages 23-28

Further reading
  • “Κροῖσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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