Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-ro-s, thematicized from *ḱókʷr̥ (excrement). Cognates include Old Irish cechar (quagmire, slough, bog), Sanskrit शकृत् (śakṛt, dung), and Lithuanian šikna (arse), šikti (defecate).

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κόπρος (kóprosf (genitive κόπρου); second declension

  1. dung, ordure, excrement
  2. (especially in husbandry) dung, manure
    • 8th c. BCE, Homer, Odyssey, 9.329–330 (transl. A.T. Murray):
      καὶ τὸ μὲν εὖ κατέθηκα κατακρύψας ὑπὸ κόπρῳ, ἥ ῥα κατὰ σπείους κέχυτο μεγάλ’ ἤλιθα πολλή·
      kaì tò mèn eû katéthēka katakrúpsas hupò kóprōi, hḗ rha katà speíous kékhuto megál’ ḗlitha pollḗ;
      Then I laid it carefully away, hiding it beneath the dung, which lay in great heaps throughout the cave.
  3. (in general) filth, dirt
  4. dunghill, byre

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Descendants edit

  • English: copro-
  • Greek: κόπρος (kópros)
  • Italian: copro-

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Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros).

Noun edit

κόπρος (kóprosf (uncountable)

  1. faeces, shit, manure
  2. dirt
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Etymology 2 edit

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κόπρος (kóprosm (plural κόπροι)

  1. stray dog
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