κροκόδιλος
ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → every inch of his stature is grace, from top to toe he's a complete charmer
English (LSJ)
ὁ, prop. Ion. word for
A lizard, acc. to Hdt.2.69, etc.; κροκόδιλοι τριπήχεες χερσαῖοι, of the desert monitor, genus Varanus griseus, Id.4.192; of other lizards, Arist.Fr.362, LXX Le.11.30, Ael.NA1.58; κροκόδιλος μικρός, in a fountain at Chalcedon, Str.12.4.2; cf. κροκύδιλος Hippon.119 (-δειλ- Eust.; κρεκύδειλος Et.Gen.in Indogerm.Forsch.15.7).
2 crocodile found in the Nile, Hdt.2.68 sq.; also in Indian rivers, Id.4.44, cf. Ael.NA12.41; ὁ κ. ὁ ποτάμιος Arist.HA492b24, cf. 558a18. (Correctly written κροκόδιλος PCair.Zen.354.13, 443.4 (iii B. C.), PTeb.63.25 (ii B. C.), etc.; later κροκόδειλος PAmh.2.45.8 (ii B. C.), etc., freq. in codd.; κορκόδιλος PCair.Zen.379.5 (iii B. C.); κορκότιλος Stud.Pal.20.75 ii 16 (iii/iv A. D.); κορκόδριλλος and Dim. κορκοδρίλλιον, Glossaria.
Spanish
Greek Monolingual
ο (Α κροκόδιλος)
βλ. κροκόδειλος.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κροκόδιλος -ου, ὁ en κροκόδειλος -ου [κρόκη: kiezel, δρῖλος: worm] krokodil; ook voor hagedis, varaan:. κροκόδειλοι ὅσον τε τριπήχεες χερσαῖοι “landkrokodillen” van wel drie voet lang Hdt. 4.192.2. sophistische drogrede. Luc.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: lizard, crocodile (Hdt., Arist.)
Other forms: also κορκ- (Pap.), κροκύδ- (Hippon.), κρεκύδ- (Et. Gen.)
Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in κροκοδιλο-τάφιον burial place for crocodiles (pap.).
Derivatives: κροκοδιλίτης m. (λόγος, Chrysipp.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 113) = Lat. crocodilina ambiguitas (Quint.) "crocodile conclusion', a false conclusion; κροκοδίλεον (Dsc., Gal.), -διλιάς (Gal., Alex. Trall.) Eryngium maritimum, sea-holly; -διλέα excrements of the κροκ. χερσαῖος, used as eyesalve (Plin.). Acc. to Hdt. 2, 69 properly Ionic name of a lizard, then transferred to the crocodile and the alligator.
Origin: ??
Etymology: Perh as popular word prop. "Kieswurm", from κρόκη gravel and δρῖλος worm with dissimilation. Extensively Diels and Brugmann IF 15, 1ff., also Solmsen BphW 1906, 758f.; there also on the itacistic writing -ει- and other variants. - After Grumach OLZ 1931, 1012 however Pre-Greek (rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 22, 261).
Frisk Etymology German
κροκόδιλος: {krokódīlos}
Forms: auch κορκ- (Pap.), κροκύδ- (Hippon.), κρεκύδ- (Et. Gen.)
Grammar: m. (Hdt., Arist., Pap., LXX usw.),
Meaning: Eidechse, Krokodil.
Composita: Als Vorderglied u. a. in κροκοδιλοτάφιον Krokodilgräberstätte (Pap.).
Derivative: Ableitungen: κροκοδιλίτης m. (λόγος, Chrysipp.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 113) = lat. crocodilina ambiguitas (Quint.) Krokodilschluß, Art Trugschluß; κροκοδίλεον (Dsk., Gal.), -διλιάς (Gal., Alex. Trall.) Eryngium maritimum, Stranddistel; -διλέα ‘Kot des κροκ. χερσαῖος’, als Augensalbe benutzt (Plin.). Nach Hdt. 2, 69 eigentlich ionische Benennung der Eidechse, dann auf das Krokodil des Nils und den Alligator der indischen Flüsse übertragen.
Etymology: Wohl als volkstümliches Wort eig. "Kieswurm", von κρόκη Kies und δρῖλος Wurm mit Dissimilation. Ausführliche Behandlung von Diels und Brugmann IF 15, 1ff., auch Solmsen BphW 1906, 758f.; daselbst auch über die itazistische Schreibung -ει- und andere Varianten. — Nach Grumach OLZ 1931, 1012 dagegen vorgriechisch (von Kretschmer Glotta 22, 261 abgelehnt).
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Wikipedia EN
The desert monitor, Varanus griseus, is a species of monitor lizards of the order Squamata found living throughout North Africa and Central and South Asia. Three subspecies have been described:
- Varanus griseus griseus (grey monitor)
- Varanus griseus caspius (Caspian monitor)
- Varanus griseus koniecznyi (Indian desert monitor)
The desert monitor is carnivorous, feeding on a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates
Léxico de magia
ὁ graf. κορκόδειλος 1 cocodrilo del cual se usan diversas partes: el ombligo ὀμφαλὸν κορκοδείλου ... καὶ ὠὸν κανθάρου καὶ κυνοκεφάλου καρδίαν ... ἔμβαλε εἰς ἀγγεῖον καλάϊνον pon un ombligo de cocodrilo, un huevo de escarabajo y un corazón de papión en un recipiente turquesa P XIII 1065 excremento χρίσας αὐτὸ κορκοδείλου ἀφοδεύματι untándolo con excremento de cocodrilo P XIII 245 ἀφόδευμα κορκοδείλου· Αἰθιοπικὴν γῆν excremento de cocodrilo es tierra de Etiopía (como nombre secreto) P XII 414 la boca καταδεσμεύω σε, ... εἰς τὸ στόμα τοῦ κορκοδείλου καὶ τοῖς κέρασι τοῦ κριοῦ καὶ τῷ ἰῷ τῆς ἀσπίδος te ato a la boca de un cocodrilo, a los cuernos de un carnero y al veneno del áspid (en un hechizo) SM 38 2 2 imagen de cocodrilo pintada γράψον εἰς τὸ ἓν μέρος τοῦ νίτρου κορκόδειλον ἱερακοπρόσωπον pinta en una cara del natrón un cocodrilo con rostro de halcón P XIII 41 P XIII 47 P XIII 51 P XIII 386 γράφε οὖν ἀνφοτέρους τοὺς βʹ ζμυρνομέλανι, τουτέστιν κορκόδειλον ἱερακοπρόσωπον καὶ αὐτῷ ἐφεστῶτα τὸν ἐνεάμορφον pinta, pues, con tinta de mirra, los dos, esto es, un cocodrilo con rostro de halcón y en pie sobre él al eneamorfo P XIII 410 P XIII 417 P XIII 421 σφράγισον αὐτὸ ἰδίῳ δακτυλίῳ ἔχοντι κορκοδείλους ἀντικεφάλους αὑτοῖς séllalo con un anillo particular, que tenga cocodrilos opuestos por las cabezas P IV 2954 ὁ ἱερακοπρόσωπος κ. εἰς τὰς δʹ τροπὰς τὸν θεὸν ἀσπάζεται τῷ ποππυσμῷ el cocodrilo de rostro de halcón saluda al dios con un chasquido de labios en los cuatro puntos de cambio (ref. a las cuatro estaciones) P XIII 43 P XIII 412 modelada λαβὼν γῆν πλάσον κορκόδειλον προσμείξας αὐτῷ μέλαν καὶ ζμύρναν toma tierra y modela un cocodrilo mezclándole tinta y mirra P XIII 321 ref. a Helios ἐν δὲ τοῖς πρὸς λίβα μέρεσι μορφὴν ἔχεις κορκοδείλου en las regiones del oeste tienes forma de cocodrilo P II 111 P III 513 P IV 1694
Translations
lizard
Abenaki: kakadôlôgw; Adyghe: щыдырхъуае, хьамплъыжь; Afrikaans: akkedis; Akkadian: 𒅴 𒋃; Albanian: hardhucë, hardhje, hardhël; Amharic: እንሽላሊት; Arabic: سِحْلِيَّة, ضَبّ, عَظَاءَة, بُرْص; Egyptian Arabic: برص; Hijazi Arabic: سَحْلِيَّة; Iraqi Arabic: بريعصي; Lebanese Arabic: حردون; Moroccan Arabic: بوبريص; Aragonese: sargantana; Armenian: մողես; Assamese: জেঠি; Asturian: llagartesa; Aymara: jararankha; Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ; Bashkir: кеҫәртке; Basque: musker; Belarusian: яшчарка; Bengali: টিকটিকি; Breton: kazh-raden; Brunei Malay: cacak; Bulgarian: гущер; Burmese: အိမ်မြှောင်; Buryat: гүрбэл; Catalan: llangardaix, sargantana; Catawba: wapiri; Chechen: моьлкъа; Cherokee: ᏙᏲᎯᎳ, ᏘᏲᎭᎵ; Chinese Cantonese: 蜥蜴; Dungan: шәчунзы, шәмачунзы; Hakka: 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太, 蜥蜴; Mandarin: 蜥蜴; Min Dong: 杜墊, 杜垫; Min Nan: 杜墊, 杜垫, 蜥蜴; Wu: 四腳蛇, 四脚蛇; Chiricahua: ma'ishǫ́í; Chuvash: калта; Cornish: peswarpaw, pajarpaw, pedrevan; Crimean Tatar: kesertki; Czech: ještěrka, ještěr; Dalmatian: lačar; Danish: firben, øgle; Daur: isel; Dutch: hagedis; Dzongkha: ཙི་ཙི་དམརམོ; Elfdalian: ella; Emilian: arzintèla, lusért, luśèrta; Erzya: метьказ; Esperanto: lacerto; Estonian: sisalik; Even: исэл; Faroese: edla, ødla; Finnish: lisko; French: lézard; Friulian: lisierte; Gagauz: guşter; Galician: lagarto, lagartixa; Georgian: ხვლიკი; German: Eidechse, Echse; Alemannic German: Heidenëchsli, Heidëchsli, Aaideggs; Greek: σαύρα; Ancient Greek: σαύρα; Greenlandic: sisamavilik; Guaraní: teju; Haitian Creole: leza; Hausa: ƙadangare; Hawaiian: moʻo; Hebrew: לְטָאָה, חַרדוֹן; Hiligaynon: tiki; Hindi: छिपकली; Hungarian: gyík; Icelandic: eðla; Ido: lacerto; Igbo: ugwere; Ilocano: alutiit; Indonesian: kadal; Ingush: шолкъ; Interlingua: lacerta; Irish: earc, laghairt; Italian: lucertola; Japanese: 蜥蜴, トカゲ; Javanese: kadhal; Kalmyk: гүрвлдә; Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲಿ; Kapampangan: lupisak; Karachay-Balkar: гургун, кеселекке; Karakalpak: kesirtke; Kashmiri: کینٛکہٕ لٔٹ, کرٛینٛکہٕ لٔٹ; Kayapó: êtuwa; Kazakh: кесіртке; Ket: тульн; Khakas: килескі; Khmer: ជីងចក់; Kikuyu: njagathi Korean: 도마뱀; Kumyk: гесертки, гьалкъа; Kurdish Central Kurdish: مارمێلکە; Kyrgyz: кескелдирик; Lao: ກະປອມ, ຈີ່ໂປ່ມ, ປອມຂາງ; Latgalian: škierzlots; Latin: lacerta; Latvian: ķirzaka; Laz: მთხოლარი; Lezgi: чурчул; Ligurian: grîgoa; Limburgish: aektes; Lithuanian: dríežas; Low German Dutch Low Saxon: evertaske, eveltasse; German Low German: Adderditsch, Eerdditsch, Eevtask, Evertasch; Luxembourgish: Eidechs, Omes; Macedonian: гуштер; Malagasy: androngo; Malay: cicak; Malayalam: പല്ലി; Maltese: wiżgħa, gremxula; Manx: jialgheer; Maori: ngārara, ngaha, moko, kumukumu; Marathi: सरडा; Mari Western Mari: шӓкшӓльӹ; Mingrelian: ხვილარი; Mongolian: гүрвэл; Nahuatl Central: cuetzpalin; Central Huasteca: ketspali; Classical: cuetzpalin; Nanai: исэлэн; Nanticoke: oh!kaush-kiss; Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii; Nepali: छेपारो; Newar: माय्बिलि; Norman: lêzarde; Northern Yukaghir: валудул; Norwegian Bokmål: øgle, firfisle; Nynorsk: øgle, firfisle; Northern Sámi:deaččalakkis; Occitan: cernalha, angròla; Old English: āþexe; Old Saxon: egithassa; Oriya: ଝିଟିପିଟି; Orok: эсилэ; Ossetian: гӕгкуыри, гӕккуыритӕ; Pashto: لټکه; Persian: مارمولک, سوسمار, چلپاسه; Piedmontese: lazerta; Plautdietsch: Äajdakjs, Äajdakjsel; Polish: jaszczurka; Portuguese: lagarto; Punjabi: ਕਿਰਲੀ; Quechua: qaraywa, ararankha; Rapa Nui: moko; Romanian: șopârlă; Romansch: lischerna, luschard; Russian: ящерица, ящерка ящер; Samoan: mo'o; Samogitian: drėižā; Sanskrit: मुषली; Sardinian: tiligherta, tilicherta, tilicheta, tziligherta, lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, atalighelte, atalighelta, atiligherta, cabixeta, calaxerta, calixerta, caluxerta; Scots: lizard; Scottish Gaelic: laghairt, dearc-luachrach; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: гу̏штер; Roman: gȕšter; Shona: dzvinyu; Shor: келескин; Sicilian: gièrdula, lucerta, lucèrtula; Silesian: jaszczurki; Sinhalese: කටුස්සා; Slovak: jašter, jašterica; Slovene: kuščar; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: jašćeŕ, jašćerica; Upper Sorbian: ješćelca; Southern Altai: келескен; Spanish: lagarto, lagartija; Svan: ჰა̈შდა̈კუ̂; Swahili: mjusi; Swedish: ödla; Tagalog: butiki; Tajik: калтакалос, калпеса; Tamil: பல்லி; Taos: k'ùołàxenlo'óna; Tatar: кәлтә; Telugu: బల్లి; Thai: กิ้งก่า; Tibetan: རྩངས་པ།; Tigrinya: ጠበቕ; Tongan: moko; Tsakhur: баӏнек, калез; Tswana: kgatlampane; Turkish: kertenkele; Turkmen: kelpeze, suwulgan, hažžyk; Tuvan: селеске; Ukrainian: ящірка; Urdu: چھپکلی; Uyghur: كەسلەنچۈك; Uzbek: kaltakesak; Venetian: luxèrta, łuxèrtoła, luxèrtola, uxèrta, oxèrtola, lisarda, ixèrdola, risàrdoła, ruxèrtola, bisèrgoła, tarantèla; Vietnamese: thằn lằn; Vilamovian: edikjys; Volapük: lasär; Walloon: cwarpece, cwate-peces; Welsh: madfall; West Flemish: aketissn; West Frisian: hagedis; Western Apache: na'ishǫ́'; Westrobothnian: årmskrøl; White Hmong: ntses qa; Yakut: күлгэри, тыймыыт; Yiddish: יאַשטשערקע; Yoruba: aláǹgbá; Zazaki: marmalok; Zhuang: duzcoengmax
crocodile
Acehnese: buya; Afrikaans: krokodil; Akan: ɔdɛnkyɛm; Aklanon: boaya; Albanian: krokodil; Amharic: አዞ; Arabic: تِمْسَاح; Egyptian Arabic: تمساح; Aragonese: crocodilo; Armenian: կոկորդիլոս; Old Armenian: նհանգ, կոկորդիղոս; Assamese: ঘঁৰিয়াল, মগৰ; Asturian: cocodrilu; Azerbaijani: timsah; Barein: màrà; Basque: krokodilo; Bau Bidayuh: buai; Belarusian: кракадзі́л; Bemba: íñ-ñandú; Bengali: কুমীর; Biatah Bidayuh: bu'ai; Breton: krokodil; Brunei Malay: buaya; Bulgarian: крокодил; Burmese: မိကျောင်း; Catalan: cocodril; Cebuano: buaya; Central Dusun: buayo; Central Melanau: baya, atip; Chechen: вок; Chichewa: ng'ona; Chinese Cantonese: 鱷魚, 鳄鱼; Dungan: фищя, щя; Mandarin: 鱷魚, 鳄鱼, 鰐, 鳄; Coptic: ⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ; Cornish: krokodil; Crimean Tatar: timsah; Czech: krokodýl; Danish: krokodille; Dutch: krokodil; Ekpeye: ọnụbà; Esperanto: krokodilo; Estonian: krokodill; Farefare: ẽbga; Faroese: krokodilla; Fataluku: lavei; Finnish: krokotiili, krokodiili; French: crocodile; Old French: cocodril; Friulian: crocodîl; Galician: crocodilo; Georgian: ნიანგი; German: Krokodil; Greek: κροκόδειλος; Ancient Greek: κροκόδειλος; Greenlandic: kuukkooriarsuaq; Guaraní: jakare; Gujarati: મગર; Gwere: ngoona; Haitian Creole: kwokodil; Hausa: kada; Hebrew: תַּנִּין; Higaonon: bu-aya; Hindi: मगर, घड़ियाल, मगरमच्छ; Hungarian: krokodil; Hunsrik: Krokodill; Icelandic: krókódíll; Ido: krokodilo; Igbo: agụ iyi; Indonesian: buaya; Interlingua: crocodilo; Irish: crogall; Italian: coccodrillo; Japanese: 鰐; Javanese: baya; Kabiyé: kazayaɣ; Kalmyk: матр; Kannada: ಮೊಸಳೆ; Kapampangan: dapu; Karachay-Balkar: сарыубек, сарыуек; Kashmiri: مَگَر مَژھ; Kazakh: қолтырауын; Khmer: ក្រពើ; Kikuyu: kĩng'ang'i Kimaragang: buayo; Kongo: ngandu; Korean: 악어(鱷魚); Kuna: tain; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: neheng; Kyrgyz: крокодил; Lao: ແຂ້, ຈໍຣະເຂ້, ຈະເຂ້, ຈີ່ແຂ້, ກຸມພີ; Latin: crocodilus, corcodillus; Latvian: krokodils; Lingala: ngando 1a or Lithuanian: krokodilas; Luba-Kasai: ngandù; Luo: nyang'; Macedonian: крокодил; Malagasy: voay, mamba; Malay: buaya; Malayalam: മുതല; Maltese: kukkudrill; Maori: kokorotaera, karakotaera, kumi ihuroa; Meru: king'ang'i; Minangkabau: buayo; Miriwung: joowinyin; Mon: ကျာံ; Mongolian: матар; Moore: yẽbga; Mopan Maya: ʼayin; Motu: uala; Navajo: táłkááʼ tsʼin; Nogai: алаван; Norwegian Bokmål: krokodille; Nynorsk: krokodille; Occitan: crocodil; Old High German: nihhus; Oriya: ମଗର; Oromo: naacha; Pali: suṃsumāra; Mon: ကုမ္ဘိလ; Pashto: تمساح, غروی, سنګساره; Persian: تمساح, کروکودیل, نهنگ, کرتن کله; Plautdietsch: Kruckedell; Polish: krokodyl; Portuguese: crocodilo; Romanian: crocodil; Russian: крокодил; Samoan: kolokotaila; Scottish Gaelic: crogall; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: крокодил; Roman: krokodil; Sinhalese: කිඹුල්; Slovak: krokodíl; Slovene: krokodil; Somali: yaxaas; Spanish: cocodrilo; Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮠᮚ; Swahili: mamba, ngwena; Swazi: íngwenya; Swedish: krokodil; Tagalog: buwaya; Tajik: тимсоҳ, крокодил; Tamil: முதலை; Tatar: крокодил; Tausug: buaya; Telugu: మొసలి; Ternate: sama; Tetum: lafaek; Thai: จระเข้; Tibetan: ཀུམ་བི་ར; Tigrinya: ሓርገጽ; Tok Pisin: pukpuk; Tokelauan: kolokotaila; Tswana: kwena; Turkish: timsah; Turkmen: krokodil; Ukrainian: крокодил; Urdu: مَگَرْمَچھ; Uyghur: تىمساھ; Uzbek: timsoh, krokodil; Vietnamese: sấu, cá sấu; Volapük: krokod; Welsh: crocodeil; West Coast Bajau: beliou, buoyo; White Hmong: khej; Wolof: jasig ji; Xhosa: ingwenya; Yiddish: קראָקאָדיל; Yoruba: ọni; Zazaki: timsah; Zulu: íngwenya