ὀλοός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀλοιός (oloiós), ὀλώιος (olṓios), οὐλοός (ouloós)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (“destroy”), the same root of ὄλλυμι (óllumi, “to destroy”). Traditionally explained as *ὀλοϝός (*olowós) with vowel assimilation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.lo.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.loˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.loˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.loˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.loˈos/
Adjective
ὀλοός • (oloós) m (feminine ὀλοή, neuter ὀλοόν); first/second declension
- destructive, deadly, fatal
- sinister, ominous
Inflection
First and second declension of ὀλοός; ὀλοή; ὀλοόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὀλοός oloós | ὀλοή oloḗ | ὀλοόν oloón | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοᾱ́ oloā́ | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοοί olooí | ὀλοαί oloaí | ὀλοᾰ́ oloá | |||||
Genitive | ὀλοοῦ olooû | ὀλοῆς oloês | ὀλοοῦ olooû | ὀλοοῖν olooîn | ὀλοαῖν oloaîn | ὀλοοῖν olooîn | ὀλοῶν oloôn | ὀλοῶν oloôn | ὀλοῶν oloôn | |||||
Dative | ὀλοῷ oloôi | ὀλοῇ oloêi | ὀλοῷ oloôi | ὀλοοῖν olooîn | ὀλοαῖν oloaîn | ὀλοοῖν olooîn | ὀλοοῖς olooîs | ὀλοαῖς oloaîs | ὀλοοῖς olooîs | |||||
Accusative | ὀλοόν oloón | ὀλοήν oloḗn | ὀλοόν oloón | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοᾱ́ oloā́ | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοούς olooús | ὀλοᾱ́ς oloā́s | ὀλοᾰ́ oloá | |||||
Vocative | ὀλοέ oloé | ὀλοή oloḗ | ὀλοόν oloón | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοᾱ́ oloā́ | ὀλοώ oloṓ | ὀλοοί olooí | ὀλοαί oloaí | ὀλοᾰ́ oloá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀλοῶς oloôs | ὀλοώτερος oloṓteros | ὀλοώτᾰτος oloṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀλοόφρων (oloóphrōn)
References
- ὀλοός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀλοός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀλοός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN