"ὁλκάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὁλκάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hol.kás/, /olˈkas/, /olˈkas/, /hol.kás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)olˈkas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /olˈkas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /olˈkas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /olˈkas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the root of ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”) + -άς (-ás). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*selk-}}, {{af|grc|ἕλκω|-άς|t1=to drag}} ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”) + -άς (-ás) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὁλκάδος|f|third}} ὁλκάς • (holkás) f (genitive ὁλκάδος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὁλκά˘ς|ὁλκαδος|form=F}} Forms: holkás [romanization], ὁλκάδος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁλκᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], ὁλκᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], ὁλκᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], ὁλκᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], ὁλκᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], ὁλκᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], ὁλκᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], ὁλκᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ὁλκᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], ὁλκᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], holkắsĭ [dative, plural], holkắsĭn [dative, plural], ὁλκᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], ὁλκᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], ὁλκᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], ὁλκᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], ὁλκᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], ὁλκᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. cargo ship, merchant ship Tags: declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-ὁλκάς-grc-noun-Cc~1tMdv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Watercraft Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 100 0
  2. (Byzantine) a gemstone Tags: Byzantine, declension-3, feminine
    Sense id: en-ὁλκάς-grc-noun-HvO8PKsl Categories (other): Byzantine Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 23 77 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς: 19 81
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Byzantine Greek"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a gemstone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gemstone",
          "gemstone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Byzantine) a gemstone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Byzantine",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hol.kás/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/olˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/olˈkas/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hol.kás/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)olˈkas/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/olˈkas/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/olˈkas/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/olˈkas/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὁλκάς"
}

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