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κροκόδιλος

κροκόδιλος, a lizard; a crocodile

κροκό-δῑλος, ὁ, prop. Ion. word for
  • lizard, acc. to Hdt. 2.69, etc.; κ. τριπήχεες χερσαῖοι, of the desert monitor, genus Varanus, Id. 4.192; of other lizards, Arist. Fr. 362, LXX Le. 11.30, Ael. NA 1.58; κ. 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. NA 12.41; ὁ κ. ὁ ποτάμιος Arist. HA 492b24, cf. 558a18. (Correctly written κροκόδιλος PCair.Zen. 354.13, 443.4 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 63.25 (ii B. C.), etc.; later κροκό-δειλος 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, Gloss.

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