"κόλαξ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /kó.laks/, /ˈko.laks/, /ˈko.laks/, /kó.laks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈko.laks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈko.laks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈko.laks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈko.laks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: A colloquial Attic word without established etymology. According to Beekes, it could be of Pre-Greek origin, due to the suffix -ακ- (-ak-). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|κόλᾰκος|m|third|head=κόλᾰξ}} κόλᾰξ • (kólăx) m (genitive κόλᾰκος); third declension, {{tlb|grc|Attic}} (Attic) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κόλᾰξ|κόλᾰκος|form=M}} Forms: κόλᾰξ [canonical], kólăx [romanization], κόλᾰκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ κόλᾰξ [nominative, singular], τὼ κόλᾰκε [dual, nominative], οἱ κόλᾰκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ κόλᾰκος [genitive, singular], τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κολᾰ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ κόλᾰκῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κόλᾰξῐ [dative, plural], κόλᾰξῐν [dative, plural], toîs kólăxĭ [dative, plural], toîs kólăxĭn [dative, plural], τὸν κόλᾰκᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ κόλᾰκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς κόλᾰκᾰς [accusative, plural], κόλᾰξ [singular, vocative], κόλᾰκε [dual, vocative], κόλᾰκες [plural, vocative]
  1. flatterer, fawner Tags: Attic Derived forms: δημοκόλᾰξ (dēmokólăx), κολᾰκείᾱ (kolăkeíā), κολᾰκεύω (kolăkeúō), κολᾰκῐκός (kolăkĭkós), Κολᾰκώνῠμος (Kolăkṓnŭmos)
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A colloquial Attic word without established etymology. According to Beekes, it could be of Pre-Greek origin, due to the suffix -ακ- (-ak-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kólăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κόλᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho kólăx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κόλᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi kólăkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κόλᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû kólăkos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kolắkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κολᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn kolắkōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κόλᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kólăkĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kolắkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κόλᾰξῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kólăxĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kólăxĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κόλᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kólăkă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κόλᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kólăkăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξ",
      "roman": "kólăx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκες",
      "roman": "kólăkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "κόλᾰκος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "κόλᾰξ"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Attic"
      },
      "expansion": "(Attic)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "κόλᾰξ",
        "2": "κόλᾰκος",
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      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "dēmokólăx",
          "word": "δημοκόλᾰξ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kolăkeíā",
          "word": "κολᾰκείᾱ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kolăkeúō",
          "word": "κολᾰκεύω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kolăkĭkós",
          "word": "κολᾰκῐκός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Kolăkṓnŭmos",
          "word": "Κολᾰκώνῠμος"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 756",
          "roman": "hekatòn dè kúklōi kephalaì kolákōn oimōxoménōn elikhmônto / perì tḕn kephalḗn",
          "text": "ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Ergocles 4"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 240b"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flatterer, fawner"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλαξ-grc-noun-jRxwgOYi",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatterer",
          "flatterer"
        ],
        [
          "fawner",
          "fawner"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kó.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kó.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κόλαξ"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "dēmokólăx",
      "word": "δημοκόλᾰξ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kolăkeíā",
      "word": "κολᾰκείᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kolăkeúō",
      "word": "κολᾰκεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kolăkĭkós",
      "word": "κολᾰκῐκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kolăkṓnŭmos",
      "word": "Κολᾰκώνῠμος"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A colloquial Attic word without established etymology. According to Beekes, it could be of Pre-Greek origin, due to the suffix -ακ- (-ak-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kólăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κόλᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho kólăx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κόλᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi kólăkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κόλᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû kólăkos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kolắkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κολᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn kolắkōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κόλᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi kólăkĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κολᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn kolắkoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κόλᾰξῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kólăxĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kólăxĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κόλᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn kólăkă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κόλᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs kólăkăs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰξ",
      "roman": "kólăx",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκε",
      "roman": "kólăke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλᾰκες",
      "roman": "kólăkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "κόλᾰξ"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Attic"
      },
      "expansion": "(Attic)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "κόλᾰξ",
        "2": "κόλᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "Attic Greek",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 756",
          "roman": "hekatòn dè kúklōi kephalaì kolákōn oimōxoménōn elikhmônto / perì tḕn kephalḗn",
          "text": "ἑκατὸν δὲ κύκλῳ κεφαλαὶ κολάκων οἰμωξομένων ἐλιχμῶντο / περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Ergocles 4"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 240b"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flatterer, fawner"
      ],
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          "flatterer",
          "flatterer"
        ],
        [
          "fawner",
          "fawner"
        ]
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        "Attic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kó.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kó.laks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.laks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κόλαξ"
}

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