τρωγλοδύτης
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- One who crawls in holes or caves, such as a snake or fox.
- A caveman
- A wren (of the genus Troglodytes)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τρώγλη (hole) + Ancient Greek δύω (enter, I get into, plunge, cause to sink, dive).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δύω
Gloss
enter, I get into, plunge, cause to sink, dive
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- troglobiont English
- troglobite English
- trogloxene English
- troglodytes Latin
- δύσις Ancient Greek
- δύω Ancient Greek
- καταδύω Ancient Greek
- ξένος Ancient Greek
- τρώγλη Ancient Greek
- ψαμμοδύτης Ancient Greek
- ἀποδύω Ancient Greek
- ἄδυτος Ancient Greek
- *dew- Proto-Indo-European
- troglodyt Swedish
- troglodyt Danish
- δύω Greek (modern)