κτίλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (to settle), the same root of κτίζω (ktízō, to found, build). The suffix is found in χωλός (khōlós), φαῦλος (phaûlos) and various expressions for defects.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κτῐ́λος • (ktílos) m or f (neuter κτῐ́λον); second declension

  1. tame, docile, obedient
    Synonyms: πειθήνιος (peithḗnios), ὑπακουός (hupakouós)

Declension

Derived terms

  • κτιλίς (ktilís)
  • κτιλόω (ktilóō)

Noun

κτῐ́λος • (ktílos) m (genitive κτῐ́λου); second declension

  1. ram
    Synonym: κριός (kriós)

Inflection

Further reading

  • κτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κτίλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κτίλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κτίλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κτίλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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