θόλος
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See also: θολός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. According to Beekes, the comparison with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”) and Proto-Slavic *dȏlъ (“valley”) should be discarded. The connection with θάλαμος (thálamos, “bedroom”) makes more sense and would lead to a Pre-Greek origin.[1] A few scholars, such as Guus Kroonen,[2] still maintain the Indo-European etymology and reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰó.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθo.los/
Noun
θόλος • (thólos) f (genitive θόλου); second declension
- (architecture) A round building with conical roof, a rotunda
- A vaulted steam bath
- A bandage for the head invented by Diocles
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θόλος hē thólos |
τὼ θόλω tṑ thólō |
αἱ θόλοι hai thóloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θόλου tês thólou |
τοῖν θόλοιν toîn thóloin |
τῶν θόλων tôn thólōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θόλῳ têi thólōi |
τοῖν θόλοιν toîn thóloin |
ταῖς θόλοις taîs thólois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θόλον tḕn thólon |
τὼ θόλω tṑ thólō |
τᾱ̀ς θόλους tā̀s thólous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θόλε thóle |
θόλω thólō |
θόλοι thóloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 550–551
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87
Further reading
- “θόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek, thence uncertain, but, according to Beekes, possibly cognate with θάλαμος (thálamos).
Pronunciation
Noun
θόλος • (thólos) m (plural θόλοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | θόλος (thólos) | θόλοι (thóloi) |
| genitive | θόλου (thólou) | θόλων (thólon) |
| accusative | θόλο (thólo) | θόλους (thólous) |
| vocative | θόλε (thóle) | θόλοι (thóloi) |
Synonyms
- τρούλος m (troúlos)
Further reading
Τρούλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
