κολοφών

See also: Κολοφών and Κολοφῶν

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 18 October 2014

Etymology

According to Pokorny, related to κολώνη (kolṓnē, “hill”) and Latin collis (“hill”). The sense of “topping, finishing” derives figuratively from that of “top”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈpʰon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɸon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈfon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈfon/

Noun

κολοφών • (kolophṓn) m (genitive κολοφῶνος); third declension

a summit, top, finishing
a type of playing ball
(hapax legomenon, according to Hesychius) jackdaw, daw, grackle
(hapax legomenon, according to Hesychius) a type of sea fish

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κολοφών; τοῦ κολοφῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κολοφών ho kolophṓn	τὼ κολοφῶνε tṑ kolophône	οἱ κολοφῶνες hoi kolophônes
Genitive	τοῦ κολοφῶνος toû kolophônos	τοῖν κολοφώνοιν toîn kolophṓnoin	τῶν κολοφώνων tôn kolophṓnōn
Dative	τῷ κολοφῶνῐ tōî kolophônĭ	τοῖν κολοφώνοιν toîn kolophṓnoin	τοῖς κολοφῶσῐ / κολοφῶσῐν toîs kolophôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κολοφῶνᾰ tòn kolophônă	τὼ κολοφῶνε tṑ kolophône	τοὺς κολοφῶνᾰς toùs kolophônăs
Vocative	κολοφών kolophṓn	κολοφῶνε kolophône	κολοφῶνες kolophônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(jackdaw): κολοιός (koloiós)

Descendants

→ French: colophon
Greek: κολοφώνας (kolofónas)