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κροκόδειλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κροκόδειλος κροκοδείλου

Structure: κροκοδειλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. lizard
  2. crocodile
  3. A fallacy of the sophists

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αἱ δ’ ἄλλαι καὶ ἐν τοῖσ θηρίοισ, καὶ τὸ χρήσιμον ἐπὶ μικρόν τι φαίνεται ἐνυπάρχον καὶ πρὸσ ἄνθρωπον τοῖσ ἡμέροισ καὶ πρὸσ ἄλληλα, οἱο͂ν τὸν τροχίλον φησὶν Ἡρόδοτοσ τῷ κροκοδείλῳ, καὶ ὡσ οἱ μάντεισ τὰσ συνεδρείασ καὶ διεδρείασ λέγουσιν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 47:1)
  • τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἰλύοσ περιβάλλεται καὶ περιπήγνυσι τῷ σώματι χιτῶνα μέλλων ἐπιτίθεσθαι τῷ κροκοδείλῳ. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 10 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. lizard

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