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κροκόδειλος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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κροκόδειλος (krokódeilosm (genitive κροκοδείλου); second declension

  1. lizard
  2. crocodile
  3. A fallacy of the sophists

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  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

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɾoˈko.ði.los/
  • Rhymes: -oðilos
  • Hyphenation: κρο‧κό‧δει‧λος

Noun

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κροκόδειλος (krokódeilosm (plural κροκόδειλοι)

  1. crocodile (amphibious reptile)

Declension

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Declension of κροκόδειλος
singular plural
nominative κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos) κροκόδειλοι (krokódeiloi)
genitive κροκόδειλου (krokódeilou)
κροκοδείλου (krokodeílou)
κροκόδειλων (krokódeilon)
κροκοδείλων (krokodeílon)
accusative κροκόδειλο (krokódeilo) κροκόδειλους (krokódeilous)
κροκοδείλους (krokodeílous)
vocative κροκόδειλε (krokódeile) κροκόδειλοι (krokódeiloi)

Second forms are formal. 

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