τρωγλοδύτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “I get into”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trɔː.ɡlo.dý.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tro.ɡloˈdy.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈðy.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈðy.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tro.ɣloˈði.tis/
Noun
τρωγλοδῠ́της • (trōglodútēs) m (genitive τρωγλοδῠ́του); first declension
- One who crawls in holes or caves, such as a snake or fox.
- A caveman
- A wren (of the genus Troglodytes)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τρωγλοδῠ́της ho trōglodútēs |
τὼ τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ trōglodútā |
οἱ τρωγλοδῠ́ται hoi trōglodútai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τρωγλοδῠ́του toû trōglodútou |
τοῖν τρωγλοδῠ́ταιν toîn trōglodútain |
τῶν τρωγλοδῠτῶν tôn trōglodutôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τρωγλοδῠ́τῃ tôi trōglodútēi |
τοῖν τρωγλοδῠ́ταιν toîn trōglodútain |
τοῖς τρωγλοδῠ́ταις toîs trōglodútais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τρωγλοδῠ́την tòn trōglodútēn |
τὼ τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ tṑ trōglodútā |
τοὺς τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱς toùs trōglodútās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρωγλοδῠ́τᾰ trōglodúta |
τρωγλοδῠ́τᾱ trōglodútā |
τρωγλοδῠ́ται trōglodútai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek τρωγλοδύτης m (troglodýtis)
- Russian: троглоди́т m (troglodít)
References
- τρωγλοδύτης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τρωγλοδύτης in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρωγλοδύτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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