κόρθιλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée derives it from κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), but the form looks Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kór.tʰi.los/ → /ˈkor.θi.los/ → /ˈkor.θi.los/

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

Noun

κόρθῐλος • (kórthilos) m (genitive κορθῐ́λου); second declension

1. 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
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	τοῖν κορθῐ́λοιν toîn korthíloin	τοῖς κορθῐ́λοις toîs korthílois
Accusative	τὸν κόρθῐλον tòn kórthilon	τὼ κορθῐ́λω tṑ korthílō	τοὺς κορθῐ́λους toùs korthílous
Vocative	κόρθῐλε kórthile	κορθῐ́λω korthílō	κόρθῐλοι kórthiloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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