κόλουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόλος (kólos, “docked”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.luː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
Adjective
κόλουρος • (kólouros) m or f (neuter κόλουρον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | κόλουρος kólouros |
κόλουρον kólouron |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κόλουροι kólouroi |
κόλουρᾰ kóloură | ||||||||
| Genitive | κολούρου koloúrou |
κολούρου koloúrou |
κολούροιν koloúroin |
κολούροιν koloúroin |
κολούρων koloúrōn |
κολούρων koloúrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | κολούρῳ koloúrōi |
κολούρῳ koloúrōi |
κολούροιν koloúroin |
κολούροιν koloúroin |
κολούροις koloúrois |
κολούροις koloúrois | ||||||||
| Accusative | κόλουρον kólouron |
κόλουρον kólouron |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κολούρους koloúrous |
κόλουρᾰ kóloură | ||||||||
| Vocative | κόλουρε kóloure |
κόλουρον kólouron |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κόλουροι kólouroi |
κόλουρᾰ kóloură | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κολούρως koloúrōs |
κολουρότερος kolouróteros |
κολουρότᾰτος kolourótătos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
κόλουρος • (kólouros) m (genitive κολούρου); second declension
- (astronomy, in the plural) colure, either of two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles
- kind of fig
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόλουρος ho kólouros |
τὼ κολούρω tṑ koloúrō |
οἱ κόλουροι hoi kólouroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κολούρου toû koloúrou |
τοῖν κολούροιν toîn koloúroin |
τῶν κολούρων tôn koloúrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κολούρῳ tōî koloúrōi |
τοῖν κολούροιν toîn koloúroin |
τοῖς κολούροις toîs koloúrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόλουρον tòn kólouron |
τὼ κολούρω tṑ koloúrō |
τοὺς κολούρους toùs koloúrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόλουρε kóloure |
κολούρω koloúrō |
κόλουροι kólouroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “κόλουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόλουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόλουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette