χόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Variant of χολή (kholḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χόλος • (khólos) m (genitive χόλου); second declension

  1. gall, bile
  2. bitterness, wrath, anger

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χόλος; τοῦ χόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ χόλος
ho khólos
Genitive τοῦ χόλου
toû khólou
Dative τῷ χόλῳ
tōî khólōi
Accusative τὸν χόλον
tòn khólon
Vocative χόλε
khóle
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of χόλος; χόλου (Epic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative χόλος
khólos
Genitive χόλου / χολοῖο / χόλοιο / χολόο / χόλοο
khólou / kholoîo / khóloio / kholóo / khóloo
Dative χόλῳ
khólōi
Accusative χόλον
khólon
Vocative χόλε
khóle
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Cholus

Further reading

  • “χόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χόλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • χόλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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