κόλαφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck”), both Pre-Greek words according to Beekes, who doubts connections to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”).[1]

Compare also Persian گوپال (gupâl).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόλᾰφος • (kólăphos) m (genitive κολᾰ́φου); second declension

  1. a buffet, a blow

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κόλᾰφος; τοῦ κολᾰ́φου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόλᾰφος
ho kólăphos 		τὼ κολᾰ́φω
tṑ kolắphō 		οἱ κόλᾰφοι
hoi kólăphoi
Genitive τοῦ κολᾰ́φου
toû kolắphou 		τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν
toîn kolắphoin 		τῶν κολᾰ́φων
tôn kolắphōn
Dative τῷ κολᾰ́φῳ
tōî kolắphōi 		τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν
toîn kolắphoin 		τοῖς κολᾰ́φοις
toîs kolắphois
Accusative τὸν κόλᾰφον
tòn kólăphon 		τὼ κολᾰ́φω
tṑ kolắphō 		τοὺς κολᾰ́φους
toùs kolắphous
Vocative κόλᾰφε
kólăphe 		κολᾰ́φω
kolắphō 		κόλᾰφοι
kólăphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κόλαφος (kólafos)
  • → Latin: colaphus (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλαφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 735

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Noun

κόλαφος • (kólafos) m (plural κόλαφοι)

  1. slap (to the face)

Declension

Declension of κόλαφος
singular plural
nominative κόλαφος (kólafos) κόλαφοι (kólafoi)
genitive κολάφου (koláfou) κολάφων (koláfon)
accusative κόλαφο (kólafo) κολάφους (koláfous)
vocative κόλαφε (kólafe) κόλαφοι (kólafoi)

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