βαθύκολπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βᾰθῠ́ς (băthŭ́s, “deep”) + κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom; bay”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.tʰý.kol.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /baˈtʰy.kol.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaˈθy.kol.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vaˈθy.kol.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vaˈθi.kol.pos/
Adjective
βᾰθῠ́κολπος • (băthŭ́kolpos) m or f (neuter βᾰθῠ́κολπον); second declension
- bathykolpian, with dress falling in deep folds
- with deep bosom (of the earth)
- with deep foundations
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | βᾰθῠ́κολπος băthŭ́kolpos |
βᾰθῠ́κολπον băthŭ́kolpon |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠ́κολποι băthŭ́kolpoi |
βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ băthŭ́kolpă | ||||||||
| Genitive | βᾰθῠκόλπου băthŭkólpou |
βᾰθῠκόλπου băthŭkólpou |
βᾰθῠκόλποιν băthŭkólpoin |
βᾰθῠκόλποιν băthŭkólpoin |
βᾰθῠκόλπων băthŭkólpōn |
βᾰθῠκόλπων băthŭkólpōn | ||||||||
| Dative | βᾰθῠκόλπῳ băthŭkólpōi |
βᾰθῠκόλπῳ băthŭkólpōi |
βᾰθῠκόλποιν băthŭkólpoin |
βᾰθῠκόλποιν băthŭkólpoin |
βᾰθῠκόλποις băthŭkólpois |
βᾰθῠκόλποις băthŭkólpois | ||||||||
| Accusative | βᾰθῠ́κολπον băthŭ́kolpon |
βᾰθῠ́κολπον băthŭ́kolpon |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠκόλπους băthŭkólpous |
βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ băthŭ́kolpă | ||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰθῠ́κολπε băthŭ́kolpe |
βᾰθῠ́κολπον băthŭ́kolpon |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠκόλπω băthŭkólpō |
βᾰθῠ́κολποι băthŭ́kolpoi |
βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ băthŭ́kolpă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βᾰθῠκόλπως băthŭkólpōs |
βᾰθῠκολπότερος băthŭkolpóteros |
βᾰθῠκολπότᾰτος băthŭkolpótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαθύκολπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βαθύκολπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βαθύκολπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαθύκολπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βαθύκολπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)