ὅλμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ὄλμος (ólmos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Further related to εἰλέω (eiléō, “to turn, roll”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὅλμος • (hólmos) m (genitive ὅλμου); second declension

  1. round, smooth stone
  2. any cylindrical or bowl shaped body:
    1. mortar
    2. kneading trough
    3. hollow seat on which the Pythia prophesied
    4. drinking vessel
    5. (music) mouthpiece of a flute
    6. dial
    7. stone used as a weight

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὅλμος; τοῦ ὅλμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὅλμος
ho hólmos		 τὼ ὅλμω
tṑ hólmō		 οἱ ὅλμοι
hoi hólmoi
Genitive τοῦ ὅλμου
toû hólmou		 τοῖν ὅλμοιν
toîn hólmoin		 τῶν ὅλμων
tôn hólmōn
Dative τῷ ὅλμῳ
tôi hólmōi		 τοῖν ὅλμοιν
toîn hólmoin		 τοῖς ὅλμοις
toîs hólmois
Accusative τὸν ὅλμον
tòn hólmon		 τὼ ὅλμω
tṑ hólmō		 τοὺς ὅλμους
toùs hólmous
Vocative ὅλμε
hólme		 ὅλμω
hólmō		 ὅλμοι
hólmoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ὁλμειός (holmeiós)
  • ὁλμίον (holmíon)
  • ὁλμισκοειδής (holmiskoeidḗs)
  • ὁλμίσκος (holmískos)
  • ὁλμοειδῶς (holmoeidôs)
  • ὁλμοκοπέω (holmokopéō)
  • ὁλμοκόπος (holmokópos)
  • ὁλμοποιός (holmopoiós)
  • ὑφόλμιον (huphólmion)

Further reading
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