κόλουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόλος (kólos, “docked”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.loː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ros/
Adjective
κόλουρος • (kólouros) m or f (neuter κόλουρον); second declension
- dock-tailed, stump-tailed
- (in general) truncated
Declension
Second declension of κόλουρος; κόλουρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κόλουρος kólouros | κόλουρον kólouron | κολούρω koloúrō | κολούρω koloúrō | κόλουροι kólouroi | κόλουρᾰ kóloura | ||||||||
Genitive | κολούρου koloúrou | κολούρου koloúrou | κολούροιν koloúroin | κολούροιν koloúroin | κολούρων koloúrōn | κολούρων koloúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | κολούρῳ koloúrōi | κολούρῳ koloúrōi | κολούροιν koloúroin | κολούροιν koloúroin | κολούροις koloúrois | κολούροις koloúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | κόλουρον kólouron | κόλουρον kólouron | κολούρω koloúrō | κολούρω koloúrō | κολούρους koloúrous | κόλουρᾰ kóloura | ||||||||
Vocative | κόλουρε kóloure | κόλουρον kólouron | κολούρω koloúrō | κολούρω koloúrō | κόλουροι kólouroi | κόλουρᾰ kóloura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κολούρως koloúrōs | κολουρότερος kolouróteros | κολουρότᾰτος kolourótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
κόλουρος • (kólouros) m (genitive κολούρου); second declension
- (astronomy, in the plural) colure, either of two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles
- kind of fig
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόλουρος; τοῦ κολούρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόλουρος ho kólouros | τὼ κολούρω tṑ koloúrō | οἱ κόλουροι hoi kólouroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κολούρου toû koloúrou | τοῖν κολούροιν toîn koloúroin | τῶν κολούρων tôn koloúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κολούρῳ tôi koloúrōi | κολούροιν koloúroin | τοῖς κολούροις toîs koloúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόλουρον tòn kólouron | κολούρω koloúrō | τοὺς κολούρους toùs koloúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόλουρε kóloure | κολούρω koloúrō | κόλουροι kólouroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: colūrus
- → English: colure
- → Italian: coluro
References
- κόλουρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κόλουρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόλουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette