Κροῖσος

See also: Κροίσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian 𐤨𐤭𐤬𐤥𐤦𐤮𐤠𐤮‎ (krowiśaś, literally “the noble Karoś”)[1] Compare with Creusa (Κρέουσα) "princess" might be the male form of it and literally means the “prince” or “king”

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krôi̯.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.sos/

Proper noun

Κροῖσος • (Kroîsos) m (genitive Κροίσου); second declension

Croesus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κροῖσος; τοῦ Κροίσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κροῖσος ho Kroîsos
Genitive	τοῦ Κροίσου toû Kroísou
Dative	τῷ Κροίσῳ tôi Kroísōi
Accusative	τὸν Κροῖσον tòn Kroîson
Vocative	Κροῖσε Kroîse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Κροίσος (Kroísos)
→ Latin: Croesus
→ Old Armenian: Կրիւսոս (Kriwsos)
- Armenian: Կրեսոս (Kresos)

References

“A Lydian Etymology for the Name of Croesus”, in Studies in Honor of Jaan Puhvel-Part One: Ancient Languages and Philology, Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, 1997, →ISBN, page 23-28