κόλασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολάζω (kolázō) +‎ -σις (-sis).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόλᾰσῐς • (kólăsĭsf (genitive κολάσεως); third declension

  1. chastisement, correction, punishment

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: κόλαση (kólasi)
  • Coptic: ⲕⲟⲗⲁⲥⲓⲥ (kolasis)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλος (> DER > 1. κολάζω > κόλασις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 739

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