ὁλκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An -ός (-ós) nominal from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull, drag”), whence also ὁλκή (holkḗ, “dragging, drawing”), ἕλκω (hélkō, “to draw, drag”), Latin sulcus (“furrow”) and Old English sulh (“plough”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hol.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)olˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /olˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /olˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /olˈkos/

Adjective

ὁλκός • (holkós) m (feminine ὁλκή, neuter ὁλκόν); first/second declension

drawing to oneself, attractive
trailing

Inflection

First and second declension of ὁλκός; ὁλκή; ὁλκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὁλκός holkós	ὁλκή holkḗ	ὁλκόν holkón	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκᾱ́ holkā́	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκοί holkoí	ὁλκαί holkaí	ὁλκᾰ́ holkắ
Genitive	ὁλκοῦ holkoû	ὁλκῆς holkês	ὁλκοῦ holkoû	ὁλκοῖν holkoîn	ὁλκαῖν holkaîn	ὁλκοῖν holkoîn	ὁλκῶν holkôn	ὁλκῶν holkôn	ὁλκῶν holkôn
Dative	ὁλκῷ holkōî	ὁλκῇ holkēî	ὁλκῷ holkōî	ὁλκοῖν holkoîn	ὁλκαῖν holkaîn	ὁλκοῖν holkoîn	ὁλκοῖς holkoîs	ὁλκαῖς holkaîs	ὁλκοῖς holkoîs
Accusative	ὁλκόν holkón	ὁλκήν holkḗn	ὁλκόν holkón	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκᾱ́ holkā́	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκούς holkoús	ὁλκᾱ́ς holkā́s	ὁλκᾰ́ holkắ
Vocative	ὁλκέ holké	ὁλκή holkḗ	ὁλκόν holkón	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκᾱ́ holkā́	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκοί holkoí	ὁλκαί holkaí	ὁλκᾰ́ holkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁλκῶς holkôs			ὁλκότερος holkóteros			ὁλκότᾰτος holkótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ὁλκός • (holkós) m (genitive ὁλκοῦ); second declension

machine for hauling ships on land, probably a fixed capstan, windlass
furrow, track, trace
aqueduct, ditch, channel
kind of spider
wall barley (Hordeum murinum)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὁλκός; τοῦ ὁλκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁλκός ho holkós	τὼ ὁλκώ tṑ holkṓ	οἱ ὁλκοί hoi holkoí
Genitive	τοῦ ὁλκοῦ toû holkoû	τοῖν ὁλκοῖν toîn holkoîn	τῶν ὁλκῶν tôn holkôn
Dative	τῷ ὁλκῷ tōî holkōî	τοῖν ὁλκοῖν toîn holkoîn	τοῖς ὁλκοῖς toîs holkoîs
Accusative	τὸν ὁλκόν tòn holkón	τὼ ὁλκώ tṑ holkṓ	τοὺς ὁλκούς toùs holkoús
Vocative	ὁλκέ holké	ὁλκώ holkṓ	ὁλκοί holkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: holcus
Translingual: Holcus

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

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