κολοσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κολοττός (kolottós) (Attic)

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Pre-Greek (perhaps Minoan).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.los.sós/ → /ko.losˈsos/ → /ko.loˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.los.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈsos/

Noun

κολοσσός • (kolossós) m (genitive κολοσσοῦ); second declension

1. large statue
2. any statue, large or small

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κολοσσός; τοῦ κολοσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κολοσσός ho kolossós	τὼ κολοσσώ tṑ kolossṓ	οἱ κολοσσοί hoi kolossoí
Genitive	τοῦ κολοσσοῦ toû kolossoû	τοῖν κολοσσοῖν toîn kolossoîn	τῶν κολοσσῶν tôn kolossôn
Dative	τῷ κολοσσῷ tôi kolossôi	τοῖν κολοσσοῖν toîn kolossoîn	τοῖς κολοσσοῖς toîs kolossoîs
Accusative	τὸν κολοσσόν tòn kolossón	τὼ κολοσσώ tṑ kolossṓ	τοὺς κολοσσούς toùs kolossoús
Vocative	κολοσσέ kolossé	κολοσσώ kolossṓ	κολοσσοί kolossoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: colossus (see there for further descendants)
• Polish: kolos
• Russian: коло́сс (kolóss)

Further reading

• “κολοσσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κολοσσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κολοσσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette