"κόλαφος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κόλαφος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kó.la.pʰos/, /ˈko.la.ɸos/, /ˈko.la.fos/, /kó.la.pʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈko.la.pʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈko.la.ɸos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈko.la.fos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈko.la.fos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Related to κολάπτω (koláptō, “to peck”), both Pre-Greek words according to Beekes, who doubts connections to Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”). Compare also Persian گوپال (gupâl). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*kelh₂-|t=to beat}} Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat”), {{cog|fa|گوپال|tr=gupâl}} Persian گوپال (gupâl) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κολᾰ́φου|m|second|head=κόλᾰφος}} κόλᾰφος • (kólăphos) m (genitive κολᾰ́φου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κόλᾰφος|ου}} Forms: κόλᾰφος [canonical], kólăphos [romanization], κολᾰ́φου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κόλᾰφος [nominative, singular], τὼ κολᾰ́φω [dual, nominative], οἱ κόλᾰφοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κολᾰ́φου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κολᾰ́φων [genitive, plural], τῷ κολᾰ́φῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κολᾰ́φοις [dative, plural], τὸν κόλᾰφον [accusative, singular], τὼ κολᾰ́φω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κολᾰ́φους [accusative, plural], κόλᾰφε [singular, vocative], κολᾰ́φω [dual, vocative], κόλᾰφοι [plural, vocative]
  1. a buffet, a blow
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