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

 

• IPA^(key): /ktí.los/ → /ˈkti.los/ → /ˈkti.los/

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

Adjective

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

1. tame, docile, obedient

   Synonyms: πειθήνιος (peithḗnios), ὑπακουός (hupakouós)

Declension

Second declension of κτῐ́λος; κτῐ́λον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κτῐ́λος ktílos	κτῐ́λον ktílon		κτῐ́λω ktílō	κτῐ́λω ktílō		κτῐ́λοι ktíloi	κτῐ́λᾰ ktíla
Genitive		κτῐ́λου ktílou	κτῐ́λου ktílou		κτῐ́λοιν ktíloin	κτῐ́λοιν ktíloin		κτῐ́λων ktílōn	κτῐ́λων ktílōn
Dative		κτῐ́λῳ ktílōi	κτῐ́λῳ ktílōi		κτῐ́λοιν ktíloin	κτῐ́λοιν ktíloin		κτῐ́λοις ktílois	κτῐ́λοις ktílois
Accusative		κτῐ́λον ktílon	κτῐ́λον ktílon		κτῐ́λω ktílō	κτῐ́λω ktílō		κτῐ́λους ktílous	κτῐ́λᾰ ktíla
Vocative		κτῐ́λε ktíle	κτῐ́λον ktílon		κτῐ́λω ktílō	κτῐ́λω ktílō		κτῐ́λοι ktíloi	κτῐ́λᾰ ktíla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κτῐ́λως ktílōs			κτῐλώτερος ktilṓteros			κτῐλώτᾰτος ktilṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κτιλίς (ktilís)
• κτιλόω (ktilóō)

 

Noun

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

1. ram

   Synonym: κριός (kriós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κτῐ́λος; τοῦ κτῐ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κτῐ́λος ho ktílos	τὼ κτῐ́λω tṑ ktílō	οἱ κτῐ́λοι hoi ktíloi
Genitive	τοῦ κτῐ́λου toû ktílou	τοῖν κτῐ́λοιν toîn ktíloin	τῶν κτῐ́λων tôn ktílōn
Dative	τῷ κτῐ́λῳ tôi ktílōi	τοῖν κτῐ́λοιν toîn ktíloin	τοῖς κτῐ́λοις toîs ktílois
Accusative	τὸν κτῐ́λον tòn ktílon	τὼ κτῐ́λω tṑ ktílō	τοὺς κτῐ́λους toùs ktílous
Vocative	κτῐ́λε ktíle	κτῐ́λω ktílō	κτῐ́λοι ktíloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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