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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
- IPA(key): /tʰó.los/ → /ˈθo.los/ → /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
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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
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek, thence uncertain, but, according to Beekes, possibly cognate with θάλαμος (thálamos).
Pronunciation
Noun
θόλος • (thólos) m (plural θόλοι)
- (architecture) dome, vault
- (astronomy) vault, sky
- (anatomy) body cavity
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