"κολεός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κολεός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ko.le.ós/, /ko.leˈos/, /ko.leˈos/, /ko.le.ós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ko.leˈos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ko.leˈos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ko.leˈos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ko.leˈos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From the Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ḱel-|id=cover}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*ḱel-|id=cover|t=to cover}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κολεοῦ|m|second}} κολεός • (koleós) m (genitive κολεοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κολεός|κολεοῦ}} Forms: koleós [romanization], κολεοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κολεός [nominative, singular], κολεώ [dual, nominative], οἱ κολεοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ κολεοῦ [genitive, singular], κολεοῖν [dual, genitive], κολεῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ κολεῷ [dative, singular], κολεοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς κολεοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν κολεόν [accusative, singular], κολεώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς κολεούς [accusative, plural], κολεέ [singular, vocative], κολεώ [dual, vocative], κολεοί [plural, vocative], κουλεός [alternative]
  1. a sword-sheath, a scabbard Synonyms (scabbard): κολεόν (koleón)
    Sense id: en-κολεός-grc-noun-jZ~yjalX Disambiguation of 'scabbard': 84 11 3 2
  2. a cinerary urn
    Sense id: en-κολεός-grc-noun-VN-Y6S8R Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Burial, Containers Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 6 65 26 3 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 11 63 19 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 11 63 19 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 53 25 1 4 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 58 28 1 2 7 2 Disambiguation of Burial: 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Containers: 5 78 16 2
  3. a varia lectio of κελεός (keleós, “green woodpecker”)
    Sense id: en-κολεός-grc-noun-5PeZ3Kbv
  4. (in the form κουλεός) the sheath of the heart, the pericardium
    Sense id: en-κολεός-grc-noun-~2KM1tqF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: λάρναξ (lárnax) Derived forms: κολεόπτερος (koleópteros)

Alternative forms

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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς κολεοῖς",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τὸν κολεόν",
      "roman": "tòn koleón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "κολεώ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κολεούς",
      "roman": "toùs koleoús",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "κολεέ",
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        {
          "text": "Hecat. 22.J."
        },
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          "text": "5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον"
        },
        {
          "text": "Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum"
        },
        {
          "text": "Achmet 114.12.14"
        }
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          "sheath",
          "sheath#English"
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          "scabbard#English"
        ]
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          "name": "Burial",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "a cinerary urn"
      ],
      "id": "en-κολεός-grc-noun-VN-Y6S8R",
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          "cinerary urn",
          "cinerary urn#English"
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 593a.8"
        }
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          "varia lectio",
          "varia lectio#English"
        ],
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          "κελεός",
          "κελεός#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Heart 3"
        }
      ],
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        "the sheath of the heart, the pericardium"
      ],
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          "κουλεός",
          "κουλεός#Ancient_Greek"
        ],
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          "heart",
          "heart#English"
        ],
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ko.le.ós/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ko.le.ós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lárnax",
      "word": "λάρναξ"
    }
  ],
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}
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          "text": "Hecat. 22.J."
        },
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        },
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          "text": "Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum"
        },
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          "scabbard",
          "scabbard#English"
        ]
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        }
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        "a cinerary urn"
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          "cinerary urn",
          "cinerary urn#English"
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 593a.8"
        }
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      ],
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          "varia lectio",
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
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          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On the Heart 3"
        }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.le.ós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ko.leˈos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "koleón",
      "sense": "scabbard",
      "word": "κολεόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lárnax",
      "word": "λάρναξ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κολεός"
}

Download raw JSONL data for κολεός meaning in Ancient Greek (5.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (cinerary urn): λάρναξ (lárnax) desc=cinerary urn rest=λάρναξ (lárnax) cls=romanization cls2=other e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "κολεός"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "κολεός",
  "trace": ""
}

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