κοχλίας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κόχλῐᾰς (kókhlĭăs)
Etymology
From κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish with a spiral shell”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, nominal suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.kʰlí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈkʰli.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
Noun
κοχλῐ́ᾱς • (kokhlĭ́ās) m (genitive κοχλίου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς ho kokhlĭ́ās |
τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlĭ́ā |
οἱ κοχλῐ́αι hoi kokhlĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου toû kokhlĭ́ou |
τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlĭ́ain |
τῶν κοχλῐῶν tôn kokhlĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κοχλῐ́ᾳ tōî kokhlĭ́āi |
τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlĭ́ain |
τοῖς κοχλῐ́αις toîs kokhlĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κοχλῐ́ᾱν tòn kokhlĭ́ān |
τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlĭ́ā |
τοὺς κοχλῐ́ᾱς toùs kokhlĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlĭ́ā |
κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlĭ́ā |
κοχλῐ́αι kokhlĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόχλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 765
Further reading
- “κοχλίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), from κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral-shelled mollusk”), probably related to Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈçli.as/
Noun
κοχλίας • (kochlías) m (plural κοχλίες)
- screw (threaded fastener)
- worm gear
- (anatomy) cochlea
- Archimedes' screw
- snail
- helix
- volute (spiral on Ionic column)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κοχλίας (kochlías) | κοχλίες (kochlíes) |
| genitive | κοχλία (kochlía) | κοχλιών (kochlión) |
| accusative | κοχλία (kochlía) | κοχλίες (kochlíes) |
| vocative | κοχλία (kochlía) | κοχλίες (kochlíes) |
Synonyms
- (helix): σπείρα f (speíra)
Further reading
- κοχλίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el