"κόλπος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κόλπος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kól.pos/, /ˈkol.pos/, /ˈkol.pos/, /kól.pos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkol.pos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkol.pos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkol.pos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈkol.pos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), which would also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”), though Greek *πόλπος (*pólpos) would be expected, and the semantics are distant. Etymology templates: {{unc|grc|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*kʷelp-||to curve, arch}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), {{cog|gem-pro|*hwalfą||vault, arch}} Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κόλπου|m|second}} κόλπος • (kólpos) m (genitive κόλπου); second declension, {{tlb|grc|Epic|Attic|Doric|Aeolic|Koine}} (Epic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κόλπος|κόλπου}} Forms: kólpos [romanization], κόλπου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κόλπος [nominative, singular], τὼ κόλπω [dual, nominative], οἱ κόλποι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κόλπου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κόλποιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κόλπων [genitive, plural], τῷ κόλπῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κόλποιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κόλποις [dative, plural], τὸν κόλπον [accusative, singular], τὼ κόλπω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κόλπους [accusative, plural], κόλπε [singular, vocative], κόλπω [dual, vocative], κόλποι [plural, vocative]
  1. bosom, lap Tags: Aeolic, Attic, Doric, Epic, Koine
    Sense id: en-κόλπος-grc-noun-EH-JMmn- Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 28 23 14 16 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 18 25 22 13 22
  2. a fold in fabric around the bosom Tags: Aeolic, Attic, Doric, Epic, Koine
    Sense id: en-κόλπος-grc-noun-lNJCpapH Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 28 23 14 16 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 18 25 22 13 22
  3. any hollow space, pocket Tags: Aeolic, Attic, Doric, Epic, Koine Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-κόλπος-grc-noun-ykoVYlBX Disambiguation of Landforms: 9 6 46 20 19 Categories (other): Aeolic Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Epic Greek, Koine Greek, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Aeolic Greek: 13 17 38 16 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 14 16 41 16 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 28 23 14 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 20 21 27 16 16 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 8 11 60 11 10 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 7 9 67 9 8 Disambiguation of Epic Greek: 10 14 53 12 11 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 18 25 22 13 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 6 37 7 7 10 7 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 49 6 6 8 6 8 6
  4. especially of water, the hollow between waves Tags: Aeolic, Attic, Doric, Epic, Koine
    Sense id: en-κόλπος-grc-noun-sE-0ZdzL Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 28 23 14 16 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 18 25 22 13 22
  5. gulf, bay, creek Tags: Aeolic, Attic, Doric, Epic, Koine
    Sense id: en-κόλπος-grc-noun-PV90NXjQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 28 23 14 16 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 18 25 22 13 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: βᾰθῠ́κολπος (bathúkolpos), μελᾰνόκολπος (melanókolpos), Σαχαλίτης κόλπος (Sakhalítēs kólpos)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bathúkolpos",
      "word": "βᾰθῠ́κολπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "melanókolpos",
      "word": "μελᾰνόκολπος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Sakhalítēs kólpos",
      "word": "Σαχαλίτης κόλπος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κόλπος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "colfus",
            "3": "colphus",
            "4": "culfus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "golfu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: golfu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: golfu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "golf"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "gouffre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: gouffre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: gouffre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "golf"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "gòlf"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: gòlf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: gòlf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gurfu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: gurfu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: gurfu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "golfe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: golfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: golfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "golfe"
          },
          "expansion": "French: golfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: golfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "gulf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: gulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: gulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 6,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gulf"
          },
          "expansion": "English: gulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: gulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la-new",
            "2": "colpos",
            "3": "colpus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "körfəz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: körfəz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: körfəz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كورفز",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "körfez"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "körfez",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: körfez (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: körfez (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كۆرپەز",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "koʻrfaz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: koʻrfaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: koʻrfaz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷelp-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to curve, arch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hwalfą",
        "3": "",
        "4": "vault, arch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), which would also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”), though Greek *πόλπος (*pólpos) would be expected, and the semantics are distant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kólpos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κόλπος",
      "roman": "ho kólpos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλπω",
      "roman": "tṑ kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κόλποι",
      "roman": "hoi kólpoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κόλπου",
      "roman": "toû kólpou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κόλποιν",
      "roman": "toîn kólpoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κόλπων",
      "roman": "tôn kólpōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κόλπῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kólpōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κόλποιν",
      "roman": "toîn kólpoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κόλποις",
      "roman": "toîs kólpois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κόλπον",
      "roman": "tòn kólpon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλπω",
      "roman": "tṑ kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κόλπους",
      "roman": "toùs kólpous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπε",
      "roman": "kólpe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπω",
      "roman": "kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλποι",
      "roman": "kólpoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κόλπου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κόλπος • (kólpos) m (genitive κόλπου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Epic",
        "3": "Attic",
        "4": "Doric",
        "5": "Aeolic",
        "6": "Koine"
      },
      "expansion": "(Epic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κόλπος",
        "2": "κόλπου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 28 23 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 25 22 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bosom, lap"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλπος-grc-noun-EH-JMmn-",
      "links": [
        [
          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ],
        [
          "lap",
          "lap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 28 23 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 25 22 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 15 134",
          "roman": "lúsasai dè kóman kaì epì sphurà kólpon aneîsai",
          "text": "λύσασαι δὲ κόμαν καὶ ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fold in fabric around the bosom"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλπος-grc-noun-lNJCpapH",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 17 38 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Aeolic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 16 41 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 28 23 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 21 27 16 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 60 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 67 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Doric Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 53 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Epic Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 25 22 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 37 7 7 10 7 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 5 49 6 6 8 6 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 6 46 20 19",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "grc:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any hollow space, pocket"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλπος-grc-noun-ykoVYlBX",
      "links": [
        [
          "pocket",
          "pocket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 28 23 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 25 22 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "especially of water, the hollow between waves"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλπος-grc-noun-sE-0ZdzL",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 28 23 14 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 25 22 13 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Koine Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gulf, bay, creek"
      ],
      "id": "en-κόλπος-grc-noun-PV90NXjQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "gulf",
          "gulf"
        ],
        [
          "bay",
          "bay"
        ],
        [
          "creek",
          "creek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kól.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kól.pos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κόλπος"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Aeolic Greek",
    "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 second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Attic Greek",
    "Doric Greek",
    "Epic Greek",
    "Koine Greek",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Bodies of water",
    "el:Landforms",
    "grc:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bathúkolpos",
      "word": "βᾰθῠ́κολπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melanókolpos",
      "word": "μελᾰνόκολπος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Sakhalítēs kólpos",
      "word": "Σαχαλίτης κόλπος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κόλπος",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "colfus",
            "3": "colphus",
            "4": "culfus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "golfu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: golfu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: golfu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "golf"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "gouffre"
          },
          "expansion": "French: gouffre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: gouffre"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "golf"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "gòlf"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: gòlf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: gòlf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "gurfu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: gurfu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: gurfu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "golfo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: golfo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: golfo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "golfe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: golfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: golfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "golfe"
          },
          "expansion": "French: golfe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: golfe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "golf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: golf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: golf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "gulf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: gulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: gulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 6,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "gulf"
          },
          "expansion": "English: gulf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: gulf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la-new",
            "2": "colpos",
            "3": "colpus",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "körfəz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: körfəz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: körfəz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "كورفز",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "körfez"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "körfez",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: körfez (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: körfez (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "كۆرپەز",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "koʻrfaz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: koʻrfaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: koʻrfaz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷelp-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to curve, arch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hwalfą",
        "3": "",
        "4": "vault, arch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), which would also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”), though Greek *πόλπος (*pólpos) would be expected, and the semantics are distant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kólpos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κόλπος",
      "roman": "ho kólpos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλπω",
      "roman": "tṑ kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κόλποι",
      "roman": "hoi kólpoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κόλπου",
      "roman": "toû kólpou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κόλποιν",
      "roman": "toîn kólpoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κόλπων",
      "roman": "tôn kólpōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κόλπῳ",
      "roman": "tôi kólpōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κόλποιν",
      "roman": "toîn kólpoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κόλποις",
      "roman": "toîs kólpois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κόλπον",
      "roman": "tòn kólpon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κόλπω",
      "roman": "tṑ kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κόλπους",
      "roman": "toùs kólpous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπε",
      "roman": "kólpe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλπω",
      "roman": "kólpō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κόλποι",
      "roman": "kólpoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κόλπου",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "κόλπος • (kólpos) m (genitive κόλπου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Epic",
        "3": "Attic",
        "4": "Doric",
        "5": "Aeolic",
        "6": "Koine"
      },
      "expansion": "(Epic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κόλπος",
        "2": "κόλπου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bosom, lap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ],
        [
          "lap",
          "lap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 15 134",
          "roman": "lúsasai dè kóman kaì epì sphurà kólpon aneîsai",
          "text": "λύσασαι δὲ κόμαν καὶ ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fold in fabric around the bosom"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any hollow space, pocket"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pocket",
          "pocket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "especially of water, the hollow between waves"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gulf, bay, creek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gulf",
          "gulf"
        ],
        [
          "bay",
          "bay"
        ],
        [
          "creek",
          "creek"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic",
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Epic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kól.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kól.pos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkol.pos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κόλπος"
}

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