δίκροος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δίκρος (díkros)

Etymology

The adjective goes back to *δί-κροϝ-ος (*dí-krow-os), from δῐ- (di-) + a word for "horn". Nussbaum assumes that there were forms without laryngeal, like Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn, tusk”) and κάρνος (kárnos, “cattle”), to explain the discrepancy between this word and κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.kro.os/ → /ˈði.kro.os/ → /ˈði.kro.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.kro.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.kro.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.kro.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.kro.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.kro.os/

Adjective

δῐ́κροος • (díkroos) m (feminine δῐκρόᾱ, neuter δῐ́κροον); first/second declension

1. forked, cloven

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐ́κροος; δῐκρόᾱ; δῐ́κροον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐ́κροος díkroos	δῐκρόᾱ dikróā	δῐ́κροον díkroon		δῐκρόω dikróō	δῐκρόᾱ dikróā	δῐκρόω dikróō		δῐ́κροοι díkrooi	δῐ́κροαι díkroai	δῐ́κροᾰ díkroa
Genitive		δῐκρόου dikróou	δῐκρόᾱς dikróās	δῐκρόου dikróou		δῐκρόοιν dikróoin	δῐκρόαιν dikróain	δῐκρόοιν dikróoin		δῐκρόων dikróōn	δῐκρόων dikróōn	δῐκρόων dikróōn
Dative		δῐκρόῳ dikróōi	δῐκρόᾳ dikróāi	δῐκρόῳ dikróōi		δῐκρόοιν dikróoin	δῐκρόαιν dikróain	δῐκρόοιν dikróoin		δῐκρόοις dikróois	δῐκρόαις dikróais	δῐκρόοις dikróois
Accusative		δῐ́κροον díkroon	δῐκρόᾱν dikróān	δῐ́κροον díkroon		δῐκρόω dikróō	δῐκρόᾱ dikróā	δῐκρόω dikróō		δῐκρόους dikróous	δῐκρόᾱς dikróās	δῐ́κροᾰ díkroa
Vocative		δῐ́κροε díkroe	δῐκρόᾱ dikróā	δῐ́κροον díkroon		δῐκρόω dikróō	δῐκρόᾱ dikróā	δῐκρόω dikróō		δῐ́κροοι díkrooi	δῐ́κροαι díkroai	δῐ́κροᾰ díkroa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δῐκρόως dikróōs				δῐκροώτερος dikroṓteros				δῐκροώτᾰτος dikroṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δίκροος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίκροος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δίκροος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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