κυλλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably connected with κελλόν (kellón, “curved, twisted”). The word has been explained variously as a zero-grade derivation *kʷl̥-yós or *kʷl̥-nós, or o-grade *kʷol(H)-yós, from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kʷel(H)- (“to move; to turn (around)”) (with the word being interpreted as "turned outward or inward", that is, deformed), or alternatively and perhaps more plausibly from *(s)kel- (“to bend, crook”);^[1]^[2]^[3] compare κυλίνδω (kulíndō), κῶλον (kôlon), σκέλος (skélos), σκολιός (skoliós). In view of the problematic Indo-European etymology, the word may well be of Pre-Greek origin.^[3]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyl.lós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kylˈlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cylˈlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cylˈlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈlos/

Adjective

κυλλός • (kullós) m (feminine κυλλή, neuter κυλλόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of κυλλός; κυλλή; κυλλόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κυλλός kullós	κυλλή kullḗ	κυλλόν kullón	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλοί kulloí	κυλλαί kullaí	κυλλᾰ́ kullắ
Genitive	κυλλοῦ kulloû	κυλλῆς kullês	κυλλοῦ kulloû	κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλαῖν kullaîn	κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλῶν kullôn	κυλλῶν kullôn	κυλλῶν kullôn
Dative	κυλλῷ kullōî	κυλλῇ kullēî	κυλλῷ kullōî	κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλαῖν kullaîn	κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλοῖς kulloîs	κυλλαῖς kullaîs	κυλλοῖς kulloîs
Accusative	κυλλόν kullón	κυλλήν kullḗn	κυλλόν kullón	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλούς kulloús	κυλλᾱ́ς kullā́s	κυλλᾰ́ kullắ
Vocative	κυλλέ kullé	κυλλή kullḗ	κυλλόν kullón	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλοί kulloí	κυλλαί kullaí	κυλλᾰ́ kullắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κυλλῶς kullôs			κυλλότερος kullóteros			κυλλότᾰτος kullótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κυλλαίνω (kullaínō)
κυλλόομαι (kullóomai)
κυλλοποδίων (kullopodíōn)
κυλλόπους (kullópous)
κυλλόω (kullóō)
κύλλωμα (kúllōma)
κύλλωσις (kúllōsis)

Descendants

Greek: κουλός (koulós)

References

^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “κυλλός”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 47
^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1970) “σκέλος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 723–724
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κυλλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 800–801