κώλυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κωλῡ́ω (kōlū́ō) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lyː.ma/ → /ˈko.ly.ma/ → /ˈko.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lyː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.li.ma/

Noun

κώλῡμᾰ • (kṓlūma) n (genitive κωλῡ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. hindrance, impediment
2. prevention, precaution

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κώλῡμᾰ; τοῦ κωλῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κώλῡμᾰ tò kṓlūma	τὼ κωλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kōlū́mate	τᾰ̀ κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kōlū́mata
Genitive	τοῦ κωλῡ́μᾰτος toû kōlū́matos	τοῖν κωλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōlūmátoin	τῶν κωλῡμᾰ́των tôn kōlūmátōn
Dative	τῷ κωλῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi kōlū́mati	τοῖν κωλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōlūmátoin	τοῖς κωλῡ́μᾰσῐ / κωλῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs kōlū́masi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κώλῡμᾰ tò kṓlūma	τὼ κωλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kōlū́mate	τᾰ̀ κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tà kōlū́mata
Vocative	κώλῡμᾰ kṓlūma	κωλῡ́μᾰτε kōlū́mate	κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ kōlū́mata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cōlȳma

Further reading

• κώλυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κώλυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bar idem, page 62.
  • barrier idem, page 63.
  • block idem, page 84.
  • check idem, page 128.
  • hindrance idem, page 400.
  • impediment idem, page 419.
  • interruption idem, page 452.
  • obstacle idem, page 567.
  • prevention idem, page 639.
  • preventive idem, page 639.
  • stay idem, page 813.
  • stop idem, page 820.