Κολοσσαί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Apparently feminine plural of κολοσσός (kolossós, “colossal”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.los.sǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.losˈsɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.losˈsɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.losˈse/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.loˈse/
Proper noun
Κολοσσαί • (Kolossaí) f pl (genitive Κολοσσῶν); first declension
- Colossae, a city in Phrygia, a region in Asia Minor
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αἱ Κολοσσαί hai Kolossaí | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Κολοσσῶν tôn Kolossôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Κολοσσαῖς taîs Kolossaîs | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Κολοσσᾱ́ς tā̀s Kolossā́s | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κολοσσαί Kolossaí | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κολοσσαεύς (Kolossaeús)
- Κολοσσηνός (Kolossēnós)
Descendants
- Greek: Κολοσσές (Kolossés)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2857 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN