όλο

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Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈo.lo/
  • Hyphenation: ό‧λο

Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek ὅλον (hólon), from ὅλος (hólos, all, whole, entire). Used adverbially since Ancient times.

Adverb

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όλο (ólo)

  1. always, constantly, nonstop
    Αυτή όλο παραπονιέται.
    Aftí ólo paraponiétai.
    She complains constantly.
  2. nothing but, full of, filled with (only)
    Στην οικογένειά του είναι όλο γιατροί.
    Stin oikogéneiá tou eínai ólo giatroí.
    In his family, there's nothing but doctors.
  3. (with και) ever, x and x-er (increasingly)
    όλο και ψηλότεραólo kai psilóterahigher and higher, ever higher
    όλο και μεγαλύτεροςólo kai megalýterosever bigger, bigger and bigger
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Etymology 2

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Inflected forms.

Adjective

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όλο (ólo)

  1. Accusative masculine singular form of όλος (ólos).
  2. Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter singular form of όλος (ólos).