κολεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κουλεός (kouleós)

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

Noun

κολεός • (koleós) m (genitive κολεοῦ); second declension

1. a sword-sheath, a scabbard
   • Hecat. 22.J.
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
   • Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum
   • Achmet 114.12.14
2. a cinerary urn
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
3. a varia lectio of κελεός (keleós, “green woodpecker”)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 593a.8
4. (in the form κουλεός) the sheath of the heart, the pericardium
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Heart 3

Declension

Synonyms

• (scabbard): κολεόν (koleón)
• (cinerary urn): λάρναξ (lárnax), ὑδρία (hudría)

Derived terms

• κολεόπτερος (koleópteros)

Descendants

• Greek: κολεός (koleós)
• → Latin: cōleus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “κολεός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κολεός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.leˈos/

Noun

κολεός • (koleós) m (plural κολεοί)

1. (anatomy) vagina
2. (botany) sheath
3. sheath, scabbard

Declension

Synonyms

• (vagina): κόλπος m (kólpos)