τροχίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”) +‎ -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los, “denoting a kind of bird”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.kʰí.los/ → /troˈçi.los/ → /troˈçi.los/

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

Noun

τροχῐ́λος • (trokhĭ́los) m (genitive τροχῐ́λου); second declension

1. Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
2. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος (băsĭlĭ́skos), κόρθῐλος (kórthĭlos), ῥόβῐλλος (rhóbĭllos), τρωγλοδῠ́της (trōglodŭ́tēs)

3. (architecture) hollow between the mouldings on the base of a column; scotia
4. sheave in block and tackle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τροχῐ́λος; τοῦ τροχῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τροχῐ́λος ho trokhĭ́los	τὼ τροχῐ́λω tṑ trokhĭ́lō	οἱ τροχῐ́λοι hoi trokhĭ́loi
Genitive	τοῦ τροχῐ́λου toû trokhĭ́lou	τοῖν τροχῐ́λοιν toîn trokhĭ́loin	τῶν τροχῐ́λων tôn trokhĭ́lōn
Dative	τῷ τροχῐ́λῳ tôi trokhĭ́lōi	τοῖν τροχῐ́λοιν toîn trokhĭ́loin	τοῖς τροχῐ́λοις toîs trokhĭ́lois
Accusative	τὸν τροχῐ́λον tòn trokhĭ́lon	τὼ τροχῐ́λω tṑ trokhĭ́lō	τοὺς τροχῐ́λους toùs trokhĭ́lous
Vocative	τροχῐ́λε trokhĭ́le	τροχῐ́λω trokhĭ́lō	τροχῐ́λοι trokhĭ́loi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)
• τροχῐλώδης (trokhĭlṓdēs, adjective)

Related terms

• τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhĭlĭ́dĭon)

Descendants

• → Latin: trochilus
  • → English: trochilus
  • → Spanish: troquilo
  • → Translingual: Trochilus

Further reading

• “τροχίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τροχίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τροχίλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette