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Ancient Greek
Etymology
κωλῡ́ω (kōlū́ō) + -μα (-ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̌ː.lyː.ma/ → /ˈko.ly.ma/ → /ˈko.li.ma/
Noun
κώλῡμᾰ • (kṓlūma) n (genitive κωλῡ́μᾰτος); third declension
- hindrance, impediment
- prevention, precaution
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- κώλυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κώλυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bar idem, page 62.
- barrier idem, page 63.
- block idem, page 84.
- check idem, page 128.
- hindrance idem, page 400.
- impediment idem, page 419.
- interruption idem, page 452.
- obstacle idem, page 567.
- prevention idem, page 639.
- preventive idem, page 639.
- stay idem, page 813.
- stop idem, page 820.