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
tôi 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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κροκόδειλος • κροκόδειλοι •
genitive κροκόδειλου •,  κροκοδείλου • κροκόδειλων •,  κροκοδείλων •
accusative κροκόδειλο • κροκόδειλους •,  κροκοδείλους •
vocative κροκόδειλε • κροκόδειλοι •
Second forms are formal. 

Coordinate terms

Further reading
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