κόλλοψ
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- κόλλαβος (kóllabos)
Etymology
editA technical term which has been connected to Latin callum (“callosity, thick skin”) or to σκόλοψ (skólops, “pole”). The word is clearly Pre-Greek because of its suffix; this is further confirmed by the variant.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kól.lops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkol.lops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkol.lops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkol.lops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.lops/
Noun
editκόλλοψ • (kóllops) m (genitive κόλλοπος); third declension
- peg or screw by which the strings of the lyre were tightened
- bar by which a windlass was turned
- thick skin on the upper part of the neck of oxen or swine
- (figuratively) cinaedus, catamite
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόλλοψ ho kóllops |
τὼ κόλλοπε tṑ kóllope |
οἱ κόλλοπες hoi kóllopes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόλλοπος toû kóllopos |
τοῖν κολλόποιν toîn kollópoin |
τῶν κολλόπων tôn kollópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόλλοπῐ tôi kóllopi |
τοῖν κολλόποιν toîn kollópoin |
τοῖς κόλλοψῐ / κόλλοψῐν toîs kóllopsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόλλοπᾰ tòn kóllopa |
τὼ κόλλοπε tṑ kóllope |
τοὺς κόλλοπᾰς toùs kóllopas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόλλοψ kóllops |
κόλλοπε kóllope |
κόλλοπες kóllopes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- κολλοπεύω (kollopeúō)
- κολλοπίζω (kollopízō)
- κολλοποδιώκτης (kollopodiṓktēs)
- κολλοπόω (kollopóō)
Further reading
edit- “κόλλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόλλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κόλλοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κόλλοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κόλλοψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension