κωλόβαθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”) +‎ βᾰ́θρον (báthron, “base, pedestal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔː.ló.ba.tʰron/ → /koˈlo.βa.θron/ → /koˈlo.va.θron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.ló.ba.tʰron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.ba.tʰron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.βa.θron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.va.θron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈlo.va.θron/

Noun

κωλόβᾰθρον • (kōlóbathron) n (genitive κωλοβᾰ́θρου); second declension

1. stilt

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κωλόβᾰθρον; τοῦ κωλοβᾰ́θρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κωλόβᾰθρον tò kōlóbathron	τὼ κωλοβᾰ́θρω tṑ kōlobáthrō	τᾰ̀ κωλόβᾰθρᾰ tà kōlóbathra
Genitive	τοῦ κωλοβᾰ́θρου toû kōlobáthrou	τοῖν κωλοβᾰ́θροιν toîn kōlobáthroin	τῶν κωλοβᾰ́θρων tôn kōlobáthrōn
Dative	τῷ κωλοβᾰ́θρῳ tôi kōlobáthrōi	τοῖν κωλοβᾰ́θροιν toîn kōlobáthroin	τοῖς κωλοβᾰ́θροις toîs kōlobáthrois
Accusative	τὸ κωλόβᾰθρον tò kōlóbathron	τὼ κωλοβᾰ́θρω tṑ kōlobáthrō	τᾰ̀ κωλόβᾰθρᾰ tà kōlóbathra
Vocative	κωλόβᾰθρον kōlóbathron	κωλοβᾰ́θρω kōlobáthrō	κωλόβᾰθρᾰ kōlóbathra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• κωλοβᾰθρῐστής (kōlobathristḗs)

References

• “κωλόβαθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κωλόβαθρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κωλόβαθρον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften