κόρθιλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée derives it from κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), but the form looks Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kór.tʰi.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkor.tʰi.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkor.θi.los/
Noun
κόρθῐλος • (kórthilos) m (genitive κορθῐ́λου); second declension
- Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Synonyms: βασιλίσκος (basilískos), ῥόβιλλος (rhóbillos), τροχίλος (trokhílos), τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόρθῐλος; τοῦ κορθῐ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόρθῐλος ho kórthilos | τὼ κορθῐ́λω tṑ korthílō | οἱ κόρθῐλοι hoi kórthiloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κορθῐ́λου toû korthílou | τοῖν κορθῐ́λοιν toîn korthíloin | τῶν κορθῐ́λων tôn korthílōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κορθῐ́λῳ tôi korthílōi | κορθῐ́λοιν korthíloin | τοῖς κορθῐ́λοις toîs korthílois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόρθῐλον tòn kórthilon | κορθῐ́λω korthílō | τοὺς κορθῐ́λους toùs korthílous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόρθῐλε kórthile | κορθῐ́λω korthílō | κόρθῐλοι kórthiloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- κόρθιλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ