κυλλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably connected with κελλόν (kellón, “curved, twisted”). The word has been explained variously as a zero-grade derivation *kʷl̥-yós or *kʷl̥-nós, or o-grade *kʷol(H)-yós, from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kʷel(H)- (“to move; to turn (around)”), or alternatively and perhaps more plausibly from *(s)kel- (“to bend, crook”);[1][2][3] compare κυλίνδω (kulíndō), κῶλον (kôlon), σκέλος (skélos), σκολιός (skoliós). In view of the problematic Indo-European etymology, the word may well be of Pre-Greek origin.[3]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kyl.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kylˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cylˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cylˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈlos/
Adjective
κυλλός • (kullós) m (feminine κυλλή, neuter κυλλόν); first/second declension
- clubfooted and bandy-legged
- deformed, contracted, crippled
- crooked (of things and limbs)
Inflection
First and second declension of κυλλός; κυλλή; κυλλόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κυλλός kullós | κυλλή kullḗ | κυλλόν kullón | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλᾱ́ kullā́ | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλοί kulloí | κυλλαί kullaí | κυλλᾰ́ kullá | |||||
Genitive | κυλλοῦ kulloû | κυλλῆς kullês | κυλλοῦ kulloû | κυλλοῖν kulloîn | κυλλαῖν kullaîn | κυλλοῖν kulloîn | κυλλῶν kullôn | κυλλῶν kullôn | κυλλῶν kullôn | |||||
Dative | κυλλῷ kullôi | κυλλῇ kullêi | κυλλῷ kullôi | κυλλοῖν kulloîn | κυλλαῖν kullaîn | κυλλοῖν kulloîn | κυλλοῖς kulloîs | κυλλαῖς kullaîs | κυλλοῖς kulloîs | |||||
Accusative | κυλλόν kullón | κυλλήν kullḗn | κυλλόν kullón | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλᾱ́ kullā́ | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλούς kulloús | κυλλᾱ́ς kullā́s | κυλλᾰ́ kullá | |||||
Vocative | κυλλέ kullé | κυλλή kullḗ | κυλλόν kullón | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλᾱ́ kullā́ | κυλλώ kullṓ | κυλλοί kulloí | κυλλαί kullaí | κυλλᾰ́ kullá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κυλλῶς kullôs | κυλλότερος kullóteros | κυλλότᾰτος kullótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κυλλαίνω (kullaínō)
- κυλλόομαι (kullóomai)
- κυλλοποδίων (kullopodíōn)
- κυλλόπους (kullópous)
- κυλλόω (kullóō)
- κύλλωμα (kúllōma)
- κύλλωσις (kúllōsis)
Descendants
- Greek: κουλός (koulós)
References
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “κυλλός”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 47
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1970), “σκέλος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 723–724
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κυλλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 800–801
- “κυλλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κυλλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2948 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible