ὅλος

See also: όλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós, from *solh₂- (whole). Cognates include Sanskrit सर्व (sárva), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬬𐬀 (haurva), Latin salvus, sollus.[1] Unrelated false cognate of English whole.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ὅλος • (hólosm (feminine ὅλη, neuter ὅλον); first/second declension

  1. whole, entire, perfect, complete
  2. absolute, utter
  3. generally, on the whole
  4. (with negative): at all
  5. actually

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: όλος (ólos)
  • English: holo-

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὅλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1072

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