corcodilus
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Metathesis. Unclear whether of Latin or Greek origin; compare Ancient Greek κορκόδιλος (korkódilos), κορκότιλος (korkótilos) and κορκόδριλλος (korkódrillos), all attested forms of κροκόδῑλος (krokódīlos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kor.koˈdiː.lus/, [kɔrkɔˈd̪iːɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kor.koˈdi.lus/, [korkoˈd̪iːlus]
Noun
[edit]corcodīlus m (genitive corcodīlī); second declension
- Alternative form of crocodīlus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | corcodīlus | corcodīlī |
genitive | corcodīlī | corcodīlōrum |
dative | corcodīlō | corcodīlīs |
accusative | corcodīlum | corcodīlōs |
ablative | corcodīlō | corcodīlīs |
vocative | corcodīle | corcodīlī |
References
[edit]- “corcodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corcodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers