κώληψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κώληξ (kṓlēx)

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of κῶλον (kôlon, “member, limb”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κώληψ • (kṓlēps) f (genitive κώληπος); third declension

  1. (anatomy) hollow of the knee, poplit, ham
    Synonym: ἰγνύα (ignúa)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κώληψ; τῆς κώληπος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κώληψ
hē kṓlēps		 τὼ κώληπε
tṑ kṓlēpe		 αἱ κώληπες
hai kṓlēpes
Genitive τῆς κώληπος
tês kṓlēpos		 τοῖν κωλήποιν
toîn kōlḗpoin		 τῶν κωλήπων
tôn kōlḗpōn
Dative τῇ κώληπῐ
têi kṓlēpi		 τοῖν κωλήποιν
toîn kōlḗpoin		 ταῖς κώληψῐ / κώληψῐν
taîs kṓlēpsi(n)
Accusative τὴν κώληπᾰ
tḕn kṓlēpa		 τὼ κώληπε
tṑ kṓlēpe		 τᾱ̀ς κώληπᾰς
tā̀s kṓlēpas
Vocative κώληψ
kṓlēps		 κώληπε
kṓlēpe		 κώληπες
kṓlēpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κώληψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κώληψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κώληψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κώληψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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