κώληψ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κώληξ (kṓlēx)
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek root of κῶλον (kôlon, “member, limb”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔ̌ː.lɛːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.le̝ps/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lips/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lips/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.lips/
Noun
κώληψ • (kṓlēps) f (genitive κώληπος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κώληψ hē kṓlēps |
τὼ κώληπε tṑ kṓlēpe |
αἱ κώληπες hai kṓlēpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κώληπος tês kṓlēpos |
τοῖν κωλήποιν toîn kōlḗpoin |
τῶν κωλήπων tôn kōlḗpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κώληπῐ tēî kṓlēpĭ |
τοῖν κωλήποιν toîn kōlḗpoin |
ταῖς κώληψῐ / κώληψῐν taîs kṓlēpsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κώληπᾰ tḕn kṓlēpă |
τὼ κώληπε tṑ kṓlēpe |
τᾱ̀ς κώληπᾰς tā̀s kṓlēpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κώληψ kṓlēps |
κώληπε kṓlēpe |
κώληπες kṓlēpes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κώληψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κώληψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κώληψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN