κόλουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόλος (kólos, “docked”) +‎ οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.loː.ros/ → /ˈko.lu.ros/ → /ˈko.lu.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.loː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/

Adjective

κόλουρος • (kólouros) m or f (neuter κόλουρον); second declension

1. dock-tailed, stump-tailed
2. (in general) truncated

Declension

Second declension of κόλουρος; κόλουρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κόλουρος kólouros	κόλουρον kólouron		κολούρω koloúrō	κολούρω koloúrō		κόλουροι kólouroi	κόλουρᾰ kóloura
Genitive		κολούρου koloúrou	κολούρου koloúrou		κολούροιν koloúroin	κολούροιν koloúroin		κολούρων koloúrōn	κολούρων koloúrōn
Dative		κολούρῳ koloúrōi	κολούρῳ koloúrōi		κολούροιν koloúroin	κολούροιν koloúroin		κολούροις koloúrois	κολούροις koloúrois
Accusative		κόλουρον kólouron	κόλουρον kólouron		κολούρω koloúrō	κολούρω koloúrō		κολούρους koloúrous	κόλουρᾰ kóloura
Vocative		κόλουρε kóloure	κόλουρον kólouron		κολούρω koloúrō	κολούρω koloúrō		κόλουροι kólouroi	κόλουρᾰ kóloura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κολούρως koloúrōs			κολουρότερος kolouróteros			κολουρότᾰτος kolourótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κόλουρος • (kólouros) m (genitive κολούρου); second declension

1. (astronomy, in the plural) colure, either of two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles
2. kind of fig

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόλουρος; τοῦ κολούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόλουρος ho kólouros	τὼ κολούρω tṑ koloúrō	οἱ κόλουροι hoi kólouroi
Genitive	τοῦ κολούρου toû koloúrou	τοῖν κολούροιν toîn koloúroin	τῶν κολούρων tôn koloúrōn
Dative	τῷ κολούρῳ tôi koloúrōi	τοῖν κολούροιν toîn koloúroin	τοῖς κολούροις toîs koloúrois
Accusative	τὸν κόλουρον tòn kólouron	τὼ κολούρω tṑ koloúrō	τοὺς κολούρους toùs koloúrous
Vocative	κόλουρε kóloure	κολούρω koloúrō	κόλουροι kólouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: colūrus
  • → English: colure
  • → Italian: coluro

Further reading

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