θόλος

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See also: θολός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, the comparison with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”) and Proto-Slavic *dȏlъ (“valley”) should be discarded. The connection with θάλαμος (thálamos, “bedroom”) makes more sense and would lead to a Pre-Greek origin.[1] A few scholars, such as Guus Kroonen,[2] still maintain the Indo-European etymology and reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) f (genitive θόλου); second declension

  1. (architecture) A round building with conical roof, a rotunda
  2. A vaulted steam bath
  3. A bandage for the head invented by Diocles

Declension

Second declension of ἡ θόλος; τῆς θόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θόλος
hē thólos 		τὼ θόλω
tṑ thólō 		αἱ θόλοι
hai thóloi
Genitive τῆς θόλου
tês thólou 		τοῖν θόλοιν
toîn thóloin 		τῶν θόλων
tôn thólōn
Dative τῇ θόλῳ
têi thólōi 		τοῖν θόλοιν
toîn thóloin 		ταῖς θόλοις
taîs thólois
Accusative τὴν θόλον
tḕn thólon 		τὼ θόλω
tṑ thólō 		τᾱ̀ς θόλους
tā̀s thólous
Vocative θόλε
thóle 		θόλω
thólō 		θόλοι
thóloi
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: tholus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طولوس (tolos), طولس (tolos), طولوز (toloz)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 550–551
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, thence uncertain, but, according to Beekes, possibly cognate with θάλαμος (thálamos).

Pronunciation

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) m (plural θόλοι)

  1. (architecture) dome, vault
  2. (astronomy) vault, sky
  3. (anatomy) body cavity

Declension

Declension of θόλος
singular plural
nominative θόλος • θόλοι •
genitive θόλου • θόλων •
accusative θόλο • θόλους •
vocative θόλε • θόλοι •

Synonyms

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