κολοσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κολοττός (kolottós) (Attic)

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Pre-Greek (perhaps Minoan).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολοσσός • (kolossós) m (genitive κολοσσοῦ); second declension

  1. large statue
  2. any statue, large or small

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κολοσσός; τοῦ Κολοσσού (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Κολοσσός
ho Kolossós 		τὼ Κολοσσώ
tṑ Kolossṓ 		οἱ Κολοσσοί
hoi Kolossoí
Genitive τοῦ Κολοσσού
toû Kolossoú 		τοῖν Κολοσσοίν
toîn Kolossoín 		τῶν Κολοσσών
tôn Kolossṓn
Dative τῷ Κολοσσῴ
tōî Kolossōí 		τοῖν Κολοσσοίν
toîn Kolossoín 		τοῖς Κολοσσοίς
toîs Kolossoís
Accusative τὸν Κολοσσόν
tòn Kolossón 		τὼ Κολοσσώ
tṑ Kolossṓ 		τοὺς Κολοσσούς
toùs Kolossoús
Vocative Κολοσσέ
Kolossé 		Κολοσσώ
Kolossṓ 		Κολοσσοί
Kolossoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: colossus (see there for further descendants)
  • → Polish: kolos
  • → Russian: коло́сс (kolóss)

References

  1. ^ Mastronarde, Donald J. [Hauptband]. Introduction to Attic Greck / Donald J. Mastronarde, [1]. Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: Univ. of California Press, 1993. p.xi

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