κροτών

See also: Κρότων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a Semitic borrowing; compare Classical Syriac ܩܪܕܐ (qerdā, “tick; castor oil plant”), cognate to Arabic قُرَاد (qurād, “tick”), Tigrinya ቍርዲድ (ḳʷərdid), ቈርዳድ (ḳʷärdad, “tick”), Tigre ቀራድ (ḳärad, “tick”), Harari ቁርዱድ (ḳurdud, “tick”). See also κίκι (kíki, “castor oil plant”) instead borrowed from Egyptian.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kro.tɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kroˈton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kroˈton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kroˈton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kroˈton/

Noun

κροτών • (krotṓn) m (genitive κροτῶνος); third declension

tick (Ixodes ricinus)
castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
Synonym: κίκῐ (kíkĭ)
(in the plural) castor beans

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κροτών; τοῦ κροτῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κροτών ho krotṓn	τὼ κροτῶνε tṑ krotône	οἱ κροτῶνες hoi krotônes
Genitive	τοῦ κροτῶνος toû krotônos	τοῖν κροτώνοιν toîn krotṓnoin	τῶν κροτώνων tôn krotṓnōn
Dative	τῷ κροτῶνῐ tōî krotônĭ	τοῖν κροτώνοιν toîn krotṓnoin	τοῖς κροτῶσῐ / κροτῶσῐν toîs krotôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κροτῶνᾰ tòn krotônă	τὼ κροτῶνε tṑ krotône	τοὺς κροτῶνᾰς toùs krotônăs
Vocative	κροτών krotṓn	κροτῶνε krotône	κροτῶνες krotônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κροτώνη (krotṓnē)
κροτωνοειδές (krotōnoeidés)
κροτωνοφόρος (krotōnophóros)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Croton