κόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally compared with Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei (“to forge, strike”) (whence Lithuanian kálti (“to beat, to hammer”) and Proto-Slavic *kòlti (“to sting”)), which is either from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) or *(s)kelH- (“to cut, split”). However, Beekes has some doubts, particularly due to the likely-related κολούω (koloúō, “to mutilate, limit”) exhibiting strange morphology, and alternatively and tentatively suggests Pre-Greek origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.los/

Adjective

κόλος • (kólos) m or f (neuter κόλον); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of κόλος; κόλον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κόλος kólos	κόλον kólon	κόλω kólō	κόλω kólō	κόλοι kóloi	κόλᾰ kóla
Genitive	κόλου kólou	κόλου kólou	κόλοιν kóloin	κόλοιν kóloin	κόλων kólōn	κόλων kólōn
Dative	κόλῳ kólōi	κόλῳ kólōi	κόλοιν kóloin	κόλοιν kóloin	κόλοις kólois	κόλοις kólois
Accusative	κόλον kólon	κόλον kólon	κόλω kólō	κόλω kólō	κόλους kólous	κόλᾰ kóla
Vocative	κόλε kóle	κόλον kólon	κόλω kólō	κόλω kólō	κόλοι kóloi	κόλᾰ kóla
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κόλως kólōs		κολώτερος kolṓteros		κολώτᾰτος kolṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κολάζω (kolázō)
κολαστής (kolastḗs)
κολαστικός (kolastikós)
κόλερος (kóleros)
κόλουρος (kólouros)
κολούω (koloúō)
κολόχειρ (kolókheir)

Related terms

κλαμβός (klambós)
κολοβός (kolobós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 739

κόλος

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