κολώνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *kolH-on- (“hill”), from the root *kelH- (“to rise”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), and Lithuanian kálnas (“mountain”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολώνη • (kolṓnē) f (genitive κολώνης); first declension

  1. hill, mound, especially a sepulchral mound
    1. hilltop, peak

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κολώνη; τῆς κολώνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολώνη
hē kolṓnē 		τὼ κολώνᾱ
tṑ kolṓnā 		αἱ κολῶναι
hai kolônai
Genitive τῆς κολώνης
tês kolṓnēs 		τοῖν κολώναιν
toîn kolṓnain 		τῶν κολωνῶν
tôn kolōnôn
Dative τῇ κολώνῃ
tēî kolṓnēi 		τοῖν κολώναιν
toîn kolṓnain 		ταῖς κολώναις
taîs kolṓnais
Accusative τὴν κολώνην
tḕn kolṓnēn 		τὼ κολώνᾱ
tṑ kolṓnā 		τᾱ̀ς κολώνᾱς
tā̀s kolṓnās
Vocative κολώνη
kolṓnē 		κολώνᾱ
kolṓnā 		κολῶναι
kolônai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κολωνία (kolōnía, “grave”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κολώνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 741-2

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