οὖλος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ôː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈu.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈu.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈu.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈu.los/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *hólwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wós
Adjective
οὖλος • (oûlos) m (feminine οὔλη, neuter οὖλον); first/second declension
- Epic and Ionic form of ὅλος (hólos)
Inflection
First and second declension of οὖλος; οὔλη; οὖλον (Epic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | οὖλος oûlos | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Genitive | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλης oúlēs | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλων oúlōn | οὐλᾱ́ων / οὐλέ͜ων / οὐλῶν oulā́ōn / oulé͜ōn / oulôn | οὔλων oúlōn | |||||
| Dative | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλῃ oúlēi | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | οὔλῃσῐ / οὔλῃσῐν / οὔλῃς / οὔλαις oúlēisi(n) / oúlēis / oúlais | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | |||||
| Accusative | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλην oúlēn | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλους oúlous | οὔλᾱς oúlās | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Vocative | οὖλε oûle | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| οὔλως oúlōs | οὐλότερος oulóteros | οὐλότᾰτος oulótatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-, the root of ὄλλυμι (óllumi) and ὀλοός (oloós).
Adjective
οὖλος • (oûlos) m (feminine οὔλη, neuter οὖλον); first/second declension
- baneful, destructive
Inflection
First and second declension of οὖλος; οὔλη; οὖλον (Epic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | οὖλος oûlos | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Genitive | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλης oúlēs | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλων oúlōn | οὐλᾱ́ων / οὐλέ͜ων / οὐλῶν oulā́ōn / oulé͜ōn / oulôn | οὔλων oúlōn | |||||
| Dative | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλῃ oúlēi | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | οὔλῃσῐ / οὔλῃσῐν / οὔλῃς / οὔλαις oúlēisi(n) / oúlēis / oúlais | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | |||||
| Accusative | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλην oúlēn | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλους oúlous | οὔλᾱς oúlās | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Vocative | οὖλε oûle | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| οὖλον oûlon | οὐλότερος oulóteros | οὐλότᾰτος oulótatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”), the root of λάχνη (lákhnē) and λάσιος (lásios).
Adjective
οὖλος • (oûlos) m (feminine οὔλη, neuter οὖλον); first/second declension
- woolly, woolen
Inflection
First and second declension of οὖλος; οὔλη; οὖλον (Epic)
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | οὖλος oûlos | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Genitive | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλης oúlēs | οὔλου / οὐλοῖο / οὔλοιο / οὐλόο / οὔλοο oúlou / ouloîo / oúloio / oulóo / oúloo | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλων oúlōn | οὐλᾱ́ων / οὐλέ͜ων / οὐλῶν oulā́ōn / oulé͜ōn / oulôn | οὔλων oúlōn | |||||
| Dative | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλῃ oúlēi | οὔλῳ oúlōi | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλαιν / οὔλαιῐν / οὔλῃῐν oúlai(i)n / oúlēiin | οὔλοιῐν oúloiin | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | οὔλῃσῐ / οὔλῃσῐν / οὔλῃς / οὔλαις oúlēisi(n) / oúlēis / oúlais | οὔλοισῐ / οὔλοισῐν / οὔλοις oúloisi(n) / oúlois | |||||
| Accusative | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλην oúlēn | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλους oúlous | οὔλᾱς oúlās | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Vocative | οὖλε oûle | οὔλη oúlē | οὖλον oûlon | οὔλω oúlō | οὔλᾱ oúlā | οὔλω oúlō | οὖλοι oûloi | οὖλαι oûlai | οὖλᾰ oûla | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| οὔλως oúlōs | οὐλότερος oulóteros | οὐλότᾰτος oulótatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- οὖλος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οὖλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οὖλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- οὖλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- curly idem, page 190.
- fleecy idem, page 327.
- woolly idem, page 987.