κορδύλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κορύδυλις (korúdulis), σκορδύλη (skordúlē)

Etymology

The formation is similar to κανθύλη (kanthúlē), κοτύλη (kotúlē) and σχενδύλη (skhendúlē). Güntert suggests a cross of κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “swelling”) with κορύνη (korúnē, “club, cudgel”) but this is incorrect. The prothetic "σ-" and the suffix "-ῡλ-" lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kor.dy̌ː.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /korˈdy.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /korˈðy.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /korˈðy.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /korˈði.li/

Noun

κορδῡ́λη • (kordū́lē) f (genitive κορδῡ́λης); first declension

club, cudgel
Synonym: κορύνη (korúnē)
(pathology) bump, swelling
wrapping for the head, headdress

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κορδῡ́λη; τῆς κορδῡ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορδῡ́λη hē kordū́lē	τὼ κορδῡ́λᾱ tṑ kordū́lā	αἱ κορδῦλαι hai kordûlai
Genitive	τῆς κορδῡ́λης tês kordū́lēs	τοῖν κορδῡ́λαιν toîn kordū́lain	τῶν κορδῡλῶν tôn kordūlôn
Dative	τῇ κορδῡ́λῃ têi kordū́lēi	τοῖν κορδῡ́λαιν toîn kordū́lain	ταῖς κορδῡ́λαις taîs kordū́lais
Accusative	τὴν κορδῡ́λην tḕn kordū́lēn	τὼ κορδῡ́λᾱ tṑ kordū́lā	τᾱ̀ς κορδῡ́λᾱς tā̀s kordū́lās
Vocative	κορδῡ́λη kordū́lē	κορδῡ́λᾱ kordū́lā	κορδῦλαι kordûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐγκεκορδυλημένος (enkekordulēménos)
κορδυβαλλῶδες (korduballôdes)
κορδύλειος (kordúleios)

Descendants

→ Latin: cordȳla

References

“κορδύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κορδύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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