κόλον
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.lon/
Etymology 1
editUncertain. Grammarians of Hellenistic times proposed relation to βουκόλος (boukólos, “tending kine”), δύσκολος (dúskolos, “difficult”), κόλαξ (kólax, “flatterer”). Other theories include κυλλός (kullós, “crooked, club-footed”) and κόλος (kólos, “docked, hornless”). No relation to κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).[1]
Noun
editκόλον • (kólon) n (genitive κόλου); second declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κόλον tò kólon |
τὼ κόλω tṑ kólō |
τᾰ̀ κόλᾰ tà kóla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόλου toû kólou |
τοῖν κόλοιν toîn kóloin |
τῶν κόλων tôn kólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόλῳ tôi kólōi |
τοῖν κόλοιν toîn kóloin |
τοῖς κόλοις toîs kólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κόλον tò kólon |
τὼ κόλω tṑ kólō |
τᾰ̀ κόλᾰ tà kóla | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόλον kólon |
κόλω kólō |
κόλᾰ kóla | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Greek: κόλον (kólon) (learned)
- → Latin: colon (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܠܘܢ (qōlōn)
Further reading
edit- κόλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κόλον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “κόλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editκόλον • (kólon)
- inflection of κόλος (kólos):
References
edit- ^ κόλον - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόλον of uncertain etymon. Grammarians of Hellenistic times proposed relation to βουκόλος (boukólos, “tending kine”), δύσκολος (dúskolos, “difficult”), κόλαξ (kólax, “flatterer”). Other theories include κυλλός (kullós, “crooked, club-footed”) and κόλος (kólos, “docked, hornless”). No relation to κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editκόλον • (kólon) n (indeclinable)
Related terms
edit- κολονοσκόπηση f (kolonoskópisi, “colonoscopy”)
See also
edit- λεπτό έντερο n (leptó éntero, “small intestine”)
- παχύ έντερο n (pachý éntero, “large intestine”)
References
edit- ^ κόλον - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
edit- Έντερο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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