κτίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle”), the same root of κτίζω (ktízō, “to found, build”). The suffix is found in χωλός (khōlós), φαῦλος (phaûlos) and various expressions for defects.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktí.los/ → /ˈkti.los/ → /ˈkti.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ktí.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkti.los/

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Adjective

κτῐ́λος • (ktĭ́los) m or f (neuter κτῐ́λον); second declension

1. tame, docile, obedient

   Synonyms: πειθήνιος (peithḗnios), ὑπακουός (hupakouós)

Declension

Second declension of κτῐ́λος; κτῐ́λον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κτῐ́λος ktĭ́los	κτῐ́λον ktĭ́lon		κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō	κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō		κτῐ́λοι ktĭ́loi	κτῐ́λᾰ ktĭ́lă
Genitive		κτῐ́λου ktĭ́lou	κτῐ́λου ktĭ́lou		κτῐ́λοιν ktĭ́loin	κτῐ́λοιν ktĭ́loin		κτῐ́λων ktĭ́lōn	κτῐ́λων ktĭ́lōn
Dative		κτῐ́λῳ ktĭ́lōi	κτῐ́λῳ ktĭ́lōi		κτῐ́λοιν ktĭ́loin	κτῐ́λοιν ktĭ́loin		κτῐ́λοις ktĭ́lois	κτῐ́λοις ktĭ́lois
Accusative		κτῐ́λον ktĭ́lon	κτῐ́λον ktĭ́lon		κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō	κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō		κτῐ́λους ktĭ́lous	κτῐ́λᾰ ktĭ́lă
Vocative		κτῐ́λε ktĭ́le	κτῐ́λον ktĭ́lon		κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō	κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō		κτῐ́λοι ktĭ́loi	κτῐ́λᾰ ktĭ́lă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κτῐ́λως ktĭ́lōs			κτῐλώτερος ktĭlṓteros			κτῐλώτᾰτος ktĭlṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κτιλίς (ktilís)
• κτιλόω (ktilóō)

Noun

κτῐ́λος • (ktĭ́los) m (genitive κτῐ́λου); second declension

1. ram

   Synonym: κριός (kriós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κτῐ́λος; τοῦ κτῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κτῐ́λος ho ktĭ́los	τὼ κτῐ́λω tṑ ktĭ́lō	οἱ κτῐ́λοι hoi ktĭ́loi
Genitive	τοῦ κτῐ́λου toû ktĭ́lou	τοῖν κτῐ́λοιν toîn ktĭ́loin	τῶν κτῐ́λων tôn ktĭ́lōn
Dative	τῷ κτῐ́λῳ tôi ktĭ́lōi	τοῖν κτῐ́λοιν toîn ktĭ́loin	τοῖς κτῐ́λοις toîs ktĭ́lois
Accusative	τὸν κτῐ́λον tòn ktĭ́lon	τὼ κτῐ́λω tṑ ktĭ́lō	τοὺς κτῐ́λους toùs ktĭ́lous
Vocative	κτῐ́λε ktĭ́le	κτῐ́λω ktĭ́lō	κτῐ́λοι ktĭ́loi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κτίλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κτίλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κτίλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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