κόλαφος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck”), a Pre-Greek word according to Beekes, who doubts connections to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”).
Compare also Persian گوپال (gupâl).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.la.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.la.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.la.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.la.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.la.fos/
Noun edit
κόλᾰφος • (kólaphos) m (genitive κολᾰ́φου); second declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόλᾰφος ho kólaphos |
τὼ κολᾰ́φω tṑ koláphō |
οἱ κόλᾰφοι hoi kólaphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κολᾰ́φου toû koláphou |
τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν toîn koláphoin |
τῶν κολᾰ́φων tôn koláphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κολᾰ́φῳ tôi koláphōi |
τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν toîn koláphoin |
τοῖς κολᾰ́φοις toîs koláphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόλᾰφον tòn kólaphon |
τὼ κολᾰ́φω tṑ koláphō |
τοὺς κολᾰ́φους toùs koláphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόλᾰφε kólaphe |
κολᾰ́φω koláphō |
κόλᾰφοι kólaphoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “κόλαφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόλαφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόλαφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).
Noun edit
κόλαφος • (kólafos) m (plural κόλαφοι)
- slap (to the face)
Declension edit
declension of κόλαφος
Synonyms edit
- see: χαστούκι n (chastoúki)
Further reading edit
- κόλαφος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.