χωλίαμβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χωλός (khōlós, “lame, limping”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɔː.lí.am.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰoˈli.am.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
Noun
χωλῐ́ᾰμβος • (khōlíambos) m (genitive χωλῐᾰ́μβου); second declension
- (poetry) choliamb, limping iamb
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος; τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος ho khōlíambos | τὼ χωλῐᾰ́μβω tṑ khōliámbō | οἱ χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι hoi khōlíamboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου toû khōliámbou | τοῖν χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn khōliámboin | τῶν χωλῐᾰ́μβων tôn khōliámbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χωλῐᾰ́μβῳ tôi khōliámbōi | χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν khōliámboin | τοῖς χωλῐᾰ́μβοις toîs khōliámbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χωλῐ́ᾰμβον tòn khōlíambon | χωλῐᾰ́μβω khōliámbō | τοὺς χωλῐᾰ́μβους toùs khōliámbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χωλῐ́ᾰμβε khōlíambe | χωλῐᾰ́μβω khōliámbō | χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι khōlíamboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χωλιαμβοποιέω (khōliambopoiéō)
Descendants
- → Latin: chōliambus
- → English: choliamb
- → Italian: coliambo
References
- χωλίαμβος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χωλίαμβος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χωλίαμβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette