κολάπτω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.láp.tɔː/ → /koˈlap.to/ → /koˈlap.to/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.láp.tɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈlap.to/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈlap.to/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈlap.to/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈlap.to/

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Verb

κολάπτω • (koláptō)

1. to peck
2. to carve, chisel

Derived terms

• κόλαφος (kólaphos)

 

Further reading

• “κολάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κολάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κολάπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette