"κολοφών" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/, /ko.loˈɸon/, /ko.loˈfon/, /ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ko.loˈpʰon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ko.loˈɸon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ko.loˈfon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ko.loˈfon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: * According to Pokorny cognate with κολώνη (kolṓnē) "hill", Latin collis "hill", the sense of "topping, finishing" derives figuratively from the one of "top". * According to Strabο (Geographica 14:1:28), from Κολοφών (Kolophṓn, “Colophon”) as coming from the belief that the cavalry of Colophon was so excellent, that it always decided the contest. Head templates: {{grc-noun|κολοφῶνος|m|third}} κολοφών • (kolophṓn) m (genitive κολοφῶνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κολοφών|κολοφῶνος}} Forms: kolophṓn [romanization], κολοφῶνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ κολοφών [nominative, singular], τὼ κολοφῶνε [dual, nominative], οἱ κολοφῶνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κολοφῶνος [genitive, singular], τοῖν κολοφώνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κολοφώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ κολοφῶνῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν κολοφώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κολοφῶσῐ [dative, plural], κολοφῶσῐν [dative, plural], toîs kolophôsi [dative, plural], toîs kolophôsin [dative, plural], τὸν κολοφῶνᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ κολοφῶνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κολοφῶνᾰς [accusative, plural], κολοφών [singular, vocative], κολοφῶνε [dual, vocative], κολοφῶνες [plural, vocative]
  1. a summit, top, finishing
    Sense id: en-κολοφών-grc-noun-Ok7l8VT1
  2. a type of playing ball
    Sense id: en-κολοφών-grc-noun-ax7S4DB8
  3. (hapax, according to Hesychius) jackdaw, daw, grackle
    Sense id: en-κολοφών-grc-noun-gjPHA4Ex Categories (other): Ancient Greek hapax legomena
  4. (hapax, according to Hesychius) a type of sea fish Categories (lifeform): Corvids, Fish
    Sense id: en-κολοφών-grc-noun-MDXvbsiL Disambiguation of Corvids: 2 32 3 63 Disambiguation of Fish: 1 20 1 78 Categories (other): Ancient Greek hapax legomena, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 5 32 3 61 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 30 10 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 33 2 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 33 1 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: κολοιός (koloiós)
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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          "top",
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            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈɸon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ko.loˈpʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ko.loˈɸon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "koloiós",
      "word": "κολοιός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κολοφών"
}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "κολοφῶνος",
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    {
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      "form": "οἱ κολοφῶνες",
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      "form": "τοῦ κολοφῶνος",
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      "form": "τοῖν κολοφώνοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "τῶν κολοφώνων",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῷ κολοφῶνῐ",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν κολοφώνοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "τὸν κολοφῶνᾰ",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "a summit, top, finishing"
      ],
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          "summit",
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      "ipa": "/ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈɸon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.lo.pʰɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈpʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈɸon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.loˈfon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "koloiós",
      "word": "κολοιός"
    }
  ],
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}

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