ολόφωτος

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Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ὁλόφωτος (holóphōtos).^[1] Morphologically, from (όλος) ολο- ((ólos) olo-, “holo- whole, entire”) +‎ (φως) φωτ- ((fos) fot-, “light”) + -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈlo.fo.tos/
Hyphenation: ο‧λό‧φω‧τος

Adjective

ολόφωτος • (olófotos) m (feminine ολόφωτη, neuter ολόφωτο) ^[2]

(expressive, poetic) filled with light, projecting light
ολόφωτο φεγγάρι ― olófoto fengári ― bright-shining moon

Declension

Declension of ολόφωτος
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ολόφωτος (olófotos)	ολόφωτη (olófoti)	ολόφωτο (olófoto)		ολόφωτοι (olófotoi)	ολόφωτες (olófotes)	ολόφωτα (olófota)
genitive	ολόφωτου (olófotou)	ολόφωτης (olófotis)	ολόφωτου (olófotou)		ολόφωτων (olófoton)	ολόφωτων (olófoton)	ολόφωτων (olófoton)
accusative	ολόφωτο (olófoto)	ολόφωτη (olófoti)	ολόφωτο (olófoto)		ολόφωτους (olófotous)	ολόφωτες (olófotes)	ολόφωτα (olófota)
vocative	ολόφωτε (olófote)	ολόφωτη (olófoti)	ολόφωτο (olófoto)		ολόφωτοι (olófotoi)	ολόφωτες (olófotes)	ολόφωτα (olófota)

Synonyms

ολοφώτεινος (olofóteinos)
κατάφωτος (katáfotos)
πάμφωτος (pámfotos)
φωτόλουστος (fotóloustos, “bathed in light”), φωτολουσμένος (fotolousménos, participle)

Derived terms

ολόφωτο f (olófoto, “kind of device for directing light”) (rare)

Related terms

see: όλος (ólos, “whole”) and φως n (fos, “light”)

See also

αυτόφωτος (aftófotos, “self luminous”)
ολόλαμπρος (olólampros, “very bright”)
ολόμαυρος (olómavros, “completely black”)
ολόψυχος (olópsychos, “wholehearted”)
πολύφωτο n (polýfoto, “chandelier”)

References

^ ολόφωτος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
^ ολόφωτος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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