κόλουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόλος (kólos, docked) + οὐρά (ourá, tail).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κόλουρος • (kólouros) m or f (neuter κόλουρον); second declension

  1. dock-tailed, stump-tailed
  2. (in general) truncated

Declension

Noun

κόλουρος • (kólouros) m (genitive κολούρου); second declension

  1. (astronomy, in the plural) colure, either of two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles
  2. kind of fig

Inflection

Descendants

  • Latin: colūrus

Further reading

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