κόλπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), which would also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”),[1][2][3] though Greek *πόλπος (*pólpos) would be expected, and the semantics are distant.

Alternatively, if the original meaning was closer to “crevice” and from a verb “to carve, cut, cleave”, compare Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”) and Sanskrit कल्प (kálpa, “rule, precept, arrangement”, literally “something cut to shape?”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kolp-, possibly an extension of *(s)kel(H)- (“to cut, slice, chop, carve”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόλπος • (kólpos) m (genitive κόλπου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine)

  1. bosom, lap
  2. a fold in fabric around the bosom
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 15 134:
      λύσασαι δὲ κόμαν καὶ ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι
      lúsasai dè kóman kaì epì sphurà kólpon aneîsai
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. any hollow space, pocket
  4. especially of water, the hollow between waves
  5. gulf, bay, creek

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κόλπος; τοῦ κόλπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόλπος
ho kólpos 		τὼ κόλπω
tṑ kólpō 		οἱ κόλποι
hoi kólpoi
Genitive τοῦ κόλπου
toû kólpou 		τοῖν κόλποιν
toîn kólpoin 		τῶν κόλπων
tôn kólpōn
Dative τῷ κόλπῳ
tōî kólpōi 		τοῖν κόλποιν
toîn kólpoin 		τοῖς κόλποις
toîs kólpois
Accusative τὸν κόλπον
tòn kólpon 		τὼ κόλπω
tṑ kólpō 		τοὺς κόλπους
toùs kólpous
Vocative κόλπε
kólpe 		κόλπω
kólpō 		κόλποι
kólpoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)
  • → Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus
  • → New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)
  • → Azerbaijani: körfəz
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)
    > Turkish: körfez (inherited)
    • → Crimean Tatar: корьфез, körfez
  • → Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)
  • → Uzbek: koʻrfaz


Further reading

References

  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Κόλπος”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 740-741

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of κόρφος (kórfos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.pos/

Noun

κόλπος • (kólpos) m (plural κόλποι)

  1. bosom
  2. bay, gulf
  3. (anatomy) vagina
  4. (anatomy) atrium (of the heart)

Declension

Declension of κόλπος
singular plural
nominative κόλπος (kólpos) κόλποι (kólpoi)
genitive κόλπου (kólpou) κόλπων (kólpon)
accusative κόλπο (kólpo) κόλπους (kólpous)
vocative κόλπε (kólpe) κόλποι (kólpoi)

Synonyms

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