ὀλισβοκόλλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of ὄλισβος (ólisbos, “dildo”) +‎ κόλλῑξ (kóllīx, “roll or loaf of coarse bread”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.liz.bo.kól.liːks/ → /o.liz.βoˈkol.liks/ → /o.liz.voˈko.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.liz.bo.kól.liːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.liz.boˈkol.liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.liz.βoˈkol.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.liz.voˈkol.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.liz.voˈko.liks/

Noun

ὀλισβοκόλλῑξ • (olisbokóllīx) m (genitive ὀλισβοκόλλῑκος); third declension

1. a dildo in the shape of a loaf of bread.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑξ; τοῦ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑξ ho olisbokóllīx	τὼ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκε tṑ olisbokóllīke	οἱ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκες hoi olisbokóllīkes
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκος toû olisbokóllīkos	τοῖν ὀλῐσβοκολλῑ́κοιν toîn olisbokollī́koin	τῶν ὀλῐσβοκολλῑ́κων tôn olisbokollī́kōn
Dative	τῷ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκῐ tôi olisbokóllīki	τοῖν ὀλῐσβοκολλῑ́κοιν toîn olisbokollī́koin	τοῖς ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑξῐ / ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑξῐν toîs olisbokóllīxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκᾰ tòn olisbokóllīka	τὼ ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκε tṑ olisbokóllīke	τοὺς ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκᾰς toùs olisbokóllīkas
Vocative	ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑξ olisbokóllīx	ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκε olisbokóllīke	ὀλῐσβοκόλλῑκες olisbokóllīkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀλισβοκόλλιξ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ὀλισβοκόλλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press