κωλικός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κῶλον (kôlon, “member”) + -ῐκός (-ikós); the word for “colon, part of the intestine” is actually κόλον (kólon) with ο rather than ω.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔː.li.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
Adjective
editκωλῐκός • (kōlikós) m (feminine κωλῐκή, neuter κωλῐκόν); first/second declension
- suffering in the colon
Descendants
edit- → Middle Persian: *kōlang?
- → Latin: cōlicā
References
edit- “κωλικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press