crocodilus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === corcodīlus (by metathesis) crocodillus, corcodīllus (Late Latin) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krɔ.kɔˈdiː.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kro.koˈdiː.lus] === Noun === crocodīlus m (genitive crocodīlī); second declension A crocodile ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== From a form with metathesis *coccodrīllus, and sometimes more later irregular shifts: Medieval Latin: cocodrillus Asturian: cocodriellu Catalan: cocodril Italian: coccodrillo→ Maltese: kukkudrill Old French: cocodrilNorman: crocodile→ Middle English: cocodrill, cokadrill, cokedrilEnglish: crocodile→ Māori: kokorotaera, karakotaera→ Niuean: kirokotaili→ Tokelauan: kolokotaila→ Tongan: kalokataile→ Welsh: crocodeilScots: cocadrille, cokadraill Sicilian: cuncutrigghiu, cuncutriddu, cucutrigghiu Old Spanish: cocodrillo Spanish: cocodrilo Borrowings === References === “crocodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “crocodilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “crocodilus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.