Κροῖσος

See also: Κροίσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian. Proposals for origin include:

• *Krowisas, from *Karos (proper name) + *-w- (semivowel) + *isas (“master, lord, noble”),
• *Karošiš (“one of grace, the generous one”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krôi̯.sos/ → /ˈkry.sos/ → /ˈkri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krôi̯.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.sos/

Proper noun

Κροῖσος • (Kroîsos) m (genitive Κροίσου); second declension

1. Croesus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κροῖσος; τοῦ Κροίσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κροῖσος ho Kroîsos
Genitive	τοῦ Κροίσου toû Kroísou
Dative	τῷ Κροίσῳ tôi Kroísōi
Accusative	τὸν Κροῖσον tòn Kroîson
Vocative	Κροῖσε Kroîse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κροίσος (Kroísos)
• → Latin: Croesus
  • → English: Croesus
• → Old Armenian: Կրիւսոս (Kriwsos)
  • Armenian: Կրեսոս (Kresos)

Further reading

• “Κροῖσος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007