v. κροκόδειλος.

ὁ, prop. Ion. word for hzard, acc. to Hdt. 2.69, etc. ; κ. τριπήχεες χερσαῖοι, of the desert monitor, genus Varanus, Id. 4.192; of other lizards, Arist. Fr. 362, LXX Le. 11.30, Ael. NA 1.58; κ. μικρός, in a fountain at Chalcedon, Str. 12.4.2; cf. κροκύδιλος Hippon. 119 (-δειλ- Eust. ; κρεκύδειλος Et. Gen. in Indogerm. Forsch. 15.7).
crocodile found in the Nile, Hdt. 2.68 sq. ; also in Indian rivers, Id. 4.44, cf. Ael. NA 12.41; ὁ κ. ὁ ποτάμιος Arist. HA 492b24, cf. 558a18. (Correctly written κροκόδιλος PCair. Zen. 354.13, 443.4 (iii BC), PTeb. 63.25 (ii BC), etc. ; later κροκόδειλος PAmh. 2.45.8 (ii BC), etc., freq. in codd. ; κορκόδιλος PCair. Zen. 379.5 (iii BC); κορκότιλος Stud.Pal. 20.75 ii 16 (iii/iv AD); κορκόδριλλος and Dim. κορκοδρίλλιον, Gloss. κροκόδειλος