κυλλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably connected with κελλόν (kellón, “curved, twisted”). The word has been explained variously as a zero-grade derivation *kʷl̥-yós or *kʷl̥-nós, or o-grade *kʷol(H)-yós, from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kʷel(H)- (“to move; to turn (around)”), or alternatively and perhaps more plausibly from *(s)kel- (“to bend, crook”); compare κυλίνδω (kulíndō), κῶλον (kôlon), σκέλος (skélos), σκολιός (skoliós). In view of the problematic Indo-European etymology, the word may well be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kyl.lós/ → /cylˈlos/ → /ciˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyl.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kylˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cylˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cylˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈlos/

Adjective

κυλλός • (kullós) m (feminine κυλλή, neuter κυλλόν); first/second declension

1. clubfooted and bandy-legged
2. deformed, contracted, crippled
3. crooked (of things and limbs)

Inflection

First and second declension of κυλλός; κυλλή; κυλλόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κυλλός kullós	κυλλή kullḗ	κυλλόν kullón		κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ		κυλλοί kulloí	κυλλαί kullaí	κυλλᾰ́ kullá
Genitive		κυλλοῦ kulloû	κυλλῆς kullês	κυλλοῦ kulloû		κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλαῖν kullaîn	κυλλοῖν kulloîn		κυλλῶν kullôn	κυλλῶν kullôn	κυλλῶν kullôn
Dative		κυλλῷ kullôi	κυλλῇ kullêi	κυλλῷ kullôi		κυλλοῖν kulloîn	κυλλαῖν kullaîn	κυλλοῖν kulloîn		κυλλοῖς kulloîs	κυλλαῖς kullaîs	κυλλοῖς kulloîs
Accusative		κυλλόν kullón	κυλλήν kullḗn	κυλλόν kullón		κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ		κυλλούς kulloús	κυλλᾱ́ς kullā́s	κυλλᾰ́ kullá
Vocative		κυλλέ kullé	κυλλή kullḗ	κυλλόν kullón		κυλλώ kullṓ	κυλλᾱ́ kullā́	κυλλώ kullṓ		κυλλοί kulloí	κυλλαί kullaí	κυλλᾰ́ kullá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κυλλῶς kullôs				κυλλότερος kullóteros				κυλλότᾰτος kullótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κυλλαίνω (kullaínō)
• κυλλόομαι (kullóomai)
• κυλλοποδίων (kullopodíōn)
• κυλλόπους (kullópous)
• κυλλόω (kullóō)
• κύλλωμα (kúllōma)
• κύλλωσις (kúllōsis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κουλός (koulós)

References

• “κυλλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κυλλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2948 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible