A connection with γύαλον (gúalon), γωλεός (gōleós), Old Norse kjóll (“ship”) has been considered. But this word can be considered, as γαῦλος (gaûlos) denoting a Phoenician merchant-ship, as being via Phoenician or a near language from Akkadian 𒄖𒌌𒇻 (gullu, “a container”), 𒄖𒌌𒆷𒌅 (gullatu, “ewer”), a vinicultural word of unascertainable non-Semitic origin, being via its variant 𒄣𒇷𒌋 (qulliu, “a bowl”) the source of Biblical Hebrew גֻלָּה (gullāh), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎍 (gl), Aramaic קוּלְתָא (qulləṯā), Arabic قُلَّة (qulla), جُلَّة (julla), Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܠܬܳܐ (qulləṯā), which passed into Latin culullus (“wine jug”) and into Ancient Greek κόλλαθον (kóllathon, “a unit of liquid measure used in Syria”).
γαυλός • (gaulós) m (genitive γαυλοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ γαυλός ho gaulós |
τὼ γαυλώ tṑ gaulṓ |
οἱ γαυλοί hoi gauloí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γαυλοῦ toû gauloû |
τοῖν γαυλοῖν toîn gauloîn |
τῶν γαυλῶν tôn gaulôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γαυλῷ tôi gaulôi |
τοῖν γαυλοῖν toîn gauloîn |
τοῖς γαυλοῖς toîs gauloîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γαυλόν tòn gaulón |
τὼ γαυλώ tṑ gaulṓ |
τοὺς γαυλούς toùs gauloús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γαυλέ gaulé |
γαυλώ gaulṓ |
γαυλοί gauloí | ||||||||||
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