Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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 šiknà (arse), šìkti (defecate).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόπρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 748

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros).

Noun

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κόπρος (kóprosf (uncountable)

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

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Noun

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κόπρος (kóprosm (plural κόπροι)

  1. stray dog
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