τροχίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”) +‎ -ῐ́λος (-ílos, “denoting a kind of bird”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tro.kʰí.los/ → /troˈçi.los/ → /troˈçi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tro.kʰí.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /troˈkʰi.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /troˈçi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /troˈçi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /troˈçi.los/

Noun

τροχῐ́λος • (trokhílos) m (genitive τροχῐ́λου); second declension

1. Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
2. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: βᾰσῐλῐ́σκος (basilískos), κόρθῐλος (kórthilos), ῥόβῐλλος (rhóbillos), τρωγλοδῠ́της (trōglodútēs)

3. (architecture) hollow between the mouldings on the base of a column; scotia
4. sheave in block and tackle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τροχῐ́λος; τοῦ τροχῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τροχῐ́λος ho trokhílos	τὼ τροχῐ́λω tṑ trokhílō	οἱ τροχῐ́λοι hoi trokhíloi
Genitive	τοῦ τροχῐ́λου toû trokhílou	τοῖν τροχῐ́λοιν toîn trokhíloin	τῶν τροχῐ́λων tôn trokhílōn
Dative	τῷ τροχῐ́λῳ tôi trokhílōi	τοῖν τροχῐ́λοιν toîn trokhíloin	τοῖς τροχῐ́λοις toîs trokhílois
Accusative	τὸν τροχῐ́λον tòn trokhílon	τὼ τροχῐ́λω tṑ trokhílō	τοὺς τροχῐ́λους toùs trokhílous
Vocative	τροχῐ́λε trokhíle	τροχῐ́λω trokhílō	τροχῐ́λοι trokhíloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhileíā)
• τροχῐλώδης (trokhilṓdēs, adjective)

Related terms

• τροχῐλῐ́δῐον (trokhilídion)

Descendants

• → Latin: trochilus
  • → English: trochilus
  • → Spanish: troquilo
  • → Translingual: Trochilus

Further reading

• “τροχίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τροχίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τροχίλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette