κόλλοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κόλλαβος (kóllabos)

Etymology

A technical term which has been connected to Latin callum (“callosity, thick skin”) or to σκόλοψ (skólops, “pole”). The word is clearly Pre-Greek because of its suffix; this is further confirmed by the variant.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kól.lops/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.lops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.lops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkol.lops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lops/

Noun

κόλλοψ • (kóllops) m (genitive κόλλοπος); third declension

peg or screw by which the strings of the lyre were tightened
bar by which a windlass was turned
thick skin on the upper part of the neck of oxen or swines
(figuratively) cinaedus, catamite

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κόλλοψ; τοῦ κόλλοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόλλοψ ho kóllops	τὼ κόλλοπε tṑ kóllope	οἱ κόλλοπες hoi kóllopes
Genitive	τοῦ κόλλοπος toû kóllopos	τοῖν κολλόποιν toîn kollópoin	τῶν κολλόπων tôn kollópōn
Dative	τῷ κόλλοπῐ tôi kóllopi	κολλόποιν kollópoin	τοῖς κόλλοψῐ / κόλλοψῐν toîs kóllopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κόλλοπᾰ tòn kóllopa	κόλλοπε kóllope	τοὺς κόλλοπᾰς toùs kóllopas
Vocative	κόλλοψ kóllops	κόλλοπε kóllope	κόλλοπες kóllopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κολλοπεύω (kollopeúō)
κολλοπίζω (kollopízō)
κολλοποδιώκτης (kollopodiṓktēs)
κολλοπόω (kollopóō)