κολόβωμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολοβόω (kolobóō, to mutilate; to dock) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολόβωμᾰ • (kolóbōmăn (genitive κολοβώμᾰτος); third declension

  1. the part taken away in mutilation

Inflection

References

Greek

Etymology

From modern verb κολοβώ(νω) (kolovó(no), to stump, to truncate) +‎ -μα (-ma, neuter noun suffix).[1] Morphologically, identical to ancient κολόβωμα (kolóbōma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlo.vo.ma/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧λό‧βω‧μα

Noun

κολόβωμα • (kolóvoman (plural κολοβώματα)

  1. stumping, truncating, truncation (the act or result of cutting a part off)
  2. (surgery) stump (what remains after amputation or excision)

Declension

Declension of κολόβωμα
singular plural
nominative κολόβωμα (kolóvoma) κολοβώματα (kolovómata)
genitive κολοβώματος (kolovómatos) κολοβωμάτων (kolovomáton)
accusative κολόβωμα (kolóvoma) κολοβώματα (kolovómata)
vocative κολόβωμα (kolóvoma) κολοβώματα (kolovómata)

References

  1. ^ κολόβωμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language