κρόταφος
Ancient Greek
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Alternative forms
- κόρτᾰφος (kórtăphos), κότρᾰφος (kótrăphos)
Etymology
Unclear. Usually derived from κρότος (krótos, “beating”), as "beating of the veins in the temples", while Furnée instead connects it with κόρση (kórsē, “temple”), as well as, more distantly, κρόσσαι (króssai, “steps of pyramid”). However, the function of the final -ᾰφος (-ăphos) is obscure regardless, and possibly speaks to a Pre-Greek origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kró.ta.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.fos/
Noun
κρότᾰφος • (krótăphos) m (genitive κροτάφου); second declension
- (anatomy) temple; side of the forehead
- Synonym: κόρση (kórsē)
- (in general) side; edge; profil
- slope of a mountain
- back of a book
- edge or narrow side of a stele
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κρότᾰφος ho krótăphos |
τὼ κροτᾰ́φω tṑ krotắphō |
οἱ κρότᾰφοι hoi krótăphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κροτᾰ́φου toû krotắphou |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́φοιν toîn krotắphoin |
τῶν κροτᾰ́φων tôn krotắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κροτᾰ́φῳ tōî krotắphōi |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́φοιν toîn krotắphoin |
τοῖς κροτᾰ́φοις toîs krotắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κρότᾰφον tòn krótăphon |
τὼ κροτᾰ́φω tṑ krotắphō |
τοὺς κροτᾰ́φους toùs krotắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρότᾰφε krótăphe |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | κρότᾰφος krótăphos |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | κροτᾰ́φοιο / κροτᾰ́φοο / κροτᾰ́φου krotắphoio / krotắphoo / krotắphou |
κροτᾰ́φοιῐ̈ν krotắphoiĭ̈n |
κροτᾰ́φων krotắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | κροτᾰ́φῳ krotắphōi |
κροτᾰ́φοιῐ̈ν krotắphoiĭ̈n |
κροτᾰ́φοισῐ / κροτᾰ́φοισῐν / κροτᾰ́φοις krotắphoisĭ(n) / krotắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | κρότᾰφον krótăphon |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κροτᾰ́φους krotắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρότᾰφε krótăphe |
κροτᾰ́φω krotắphō |
κρότᾰφοι krótăphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κροταφίζω (krotaphízō)
- κροτάφιος (krotáphios)
- κροταφίς (krotaphís)
- κροταφιστής (krotaphistḗs)
- κροταφίτης (krotaphítēs)
- πολιοκρόταφος (poliokrótaphos)
Descendants
- Greek: κρόταφος (krótafos)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κρόταφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 783
Further reading
- “κρόταφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρόταφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κρόταφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κρόταφος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρόταφος (krótaphos, “side of head, temple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾo.ta.fos/
Noun
κρόταφος • (krótafos) m (plural κρόταφοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κρόταφος (krótafos) | κρόταφοι (krótafoi) |
| genitive | κροτάφου (krotáfou) | κροτάφων (krotáfon) |
| accusative | κρόταφο (krótafo) | κροτάφους (krotáfous) |
| vocative | κρόταφε (krótafe) | κρόταφοι (krótafoi) |
Related terms
- κρανίο n (kranío, “cranium, skull”)