θόλος

θόλος

See also: θολός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the comparison with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”) and Proto-Slavic *dȏlъ (“valley”) should be discarded. The connection with θάλαμος (thálamos, “bedroom”) makes more sense and would lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰó.los/ → /ˈθo.los/ → /ˈθo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰó.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.los/

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) f (genitive θόλου); second declension

1. (architecture) A round building with conical roof, a rotunda
2. A vaulted steam bath
3. A bandage for the head invented by Diocles

Declension

Second declension of ἡ θόλος; τῆς θόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θόλος hē thólos	τὼ θόλω tṑ thólō	αἱ θόλοι hai thóloi
Genitive	τῆς θόλου tês thólou	τοῖν θόλοιν toîn thóloin	τῶν θόλων tôn thólōn
Dative	τῇ θόλῳ têi thólōi	τοῖν θόλοιν toîn thóloin	ταῖς θόλοις taîs thólois
Accusative	τὴν θόλον tḕn thólon	τὼ θόλω tṑ thólō	τᾱ̀ς θόλους tā̀s thólous
Vocative	θόλε thóle	θόλω thólō	θόλοι thóloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θολία (tholía)
• θολίδιον (tholídion)
• θολικός (tholikós)
• θολωτός (tholōtós)

Descendants

• Latin: tholus

References

• θόλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, thence uncertain, but, according to Beekes, possibly cognate with θάλαμος (thálamos).

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) m (plural θόλοι)

1. (architecture) dome, vault
2. (astronomy) vault, sky
3. (anatomy) body cavity

Declension

declension of θόλος

	singular	plural
nominative	θόλος •	θόλοι •
genitive	θόλου •	θόλων •
accusative	θόλο •	θόλους •
vocative	θόλε •	θόλοι •

Synonyms

• τρούλος m (troúlos)

Further reading

• Τρούλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el