κοῖλος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kowilos. Cognates include Latin cavus, Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā), Old English hol (English hole, hollow), and Albanian thellë.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κοῖλος (koîlosm (feminine κοίλη, neuter κοῖλον); first/second declension

  1. hollow, mostly as an epithet of ships
    1. (κοίλη ναῦς) the hollow or hold of a ship
    2. roomy
    3. empty
  2. (of places) lying in a hollow, or forming a hollow
    1. lying between cliffs
  3. sea swell
  4. plate
  5. (figuratively, of the voice) hollow
  6. (neuter substantive) a hollow, cavity
    1. (in the plural) flanks
  7. concave
    Antonym: κυρτός (kurtós)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Translingual: Coelodiazesis
  • English: coelo-

References

  • κοῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κοῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κοῖλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κοῖλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κοῖλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κοῖλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.