κοχλίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κόχλῐᾰς (kókhlias)

Etymology

From κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish with a spiral shell”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, nominal suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.kʰlí.aːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈkʰli.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/

Noun

κοχλῐ́ᾱς • (kokhlíās) m (genitive κοχλίου); first declension

snail with a spiral shell
anything twisted spirally:
1. automation in form of snail
2. reel, spool, roller
3. screw, especially Archimedes screw
4. spiral stair
5. (surgery) part of a surgical machine

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Inflection

First declension of ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς ho kokhlíās	τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlíā	οἱ κοχλῐ́αι hoi kokhlíai
Genitive	τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου toû kokhlíou	τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlíain	τῶν κοχλῐῶν tôn kokhliôn
Dative	τῷ κοχλῐ́ᾳ tôi kokhlíāi	τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlíain	τοῖς κοχλῐ́αις toîs kokhlíais
Accusative	τὸν κοχλῐ́ᾱν tòn kokhlíān	τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlíā	τοὺς κοχλῐ́ᾱς toùs kokhlíās
Vocative	κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlíā	κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlíā	κοχλῐ́αι kokhlíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: κοχλίας (kochlías)
→ Latin: coclea

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόχλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 765

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), from κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral-shelled mollusk”), probably related to Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈçli.as/

Noun

κοχλίας • (kochlías) m (plural κοχλίες)

screw (threaded fastener)
worm gear
(anatomy) cochlea
Archimedes' screw
snail
helix
volute (spiral on Ionic column)

Declension

Declension of **κοχλίας**
	singular	plural
nominative	κοχλίας (kochlías)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)
genitive	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλιών (kochlión)
accusative	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)
vocative	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)

Synonyms

(helix): σπείρα f (speíra)

κοχλίας

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