κοχλίας
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- κόχλῐᾰς (kókhlias)
Etymology edit
From κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish with a spiral shell”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.kʰlí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈkʰli.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈxli.as/
Noun edit
κοχλῐ́ᾱς • (kokhlíās) m (genitive κοχλίου); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς ho kokhlíās |
τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlíā |
οἱ κοχλῐ́αι hoi kokhlíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου toû kokhlíou |
τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlíain |
τῶν κοχλῐῶν tôn kokhliôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κοχλῐ́ᾳ tôi kokhlíāi |
τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlíain |
τοῖς κοχλῐ́αις toîs kokhlíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κοχλῐ́ᾱν tòn kokhlíān |
τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlíā |
τοὺς κοχλῐ́ᾱς toùs kokhlíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlíā |
κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlíā |
κοχλῐ́αι kokhlíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “κοχλίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), from κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral-shelled mollusk”), probably related to Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κοχλίας • (kochlías) m (plural κοχλίες)
- screw (threaded fastener)
- worm gear
- (anatomy) cochlea
- Archimedes' screw
- snail
- helix
- volute (spiral on Ionic column)
Declension edit
declension of κοχλίας
Synonyms edit
- (helix): σπείρα f (speíra)
Further reading edit
- κοχλίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el