κοχλίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κόχλῐᾰς (kókhlĭăs)

Etymology

From κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish with a spiral shell”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.kʰlí.aːs/ → /koˈxli.as/ → /koˈxli.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.kʰlí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈkʰli.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈxli.as/

Noun

κοχλῐ́ᾱς • (kokhlĭ́ās) m (genitive κοχλίου); first declension

1. snail with a spiral shell
2. anything twisted spirally:
   1. automation in form of snail
   2. reel, spool, roller
   3. screw, especially Archimedes screw
   4. spiral stair
   5. (surgery) part of a surgical machine

Inflection

First declension of ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς ho kokhlĭ́ās	τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlĭ́ā	οἱ κοχλῐ́αι hoi kokhlĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου toû kokhlĭ́ou	τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlĭ́ain	τῶν κοχλῐῶν tôn kokhlĭôn
Dative	τῷ κοχλῐ́ᾳ tôi kokhlĭ́āi	τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν toîn kokhlĭ́ain	τοῖς κοχλῐ́αις toîs kokhlĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν κοχλῐ́ᾱν tòn kokhlĭ́ān	τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ tṑ kokhlĭ́ā	τοὺς κοχλῐ́ᾱς toùs kokhlĭ́ās
Vocative	κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlĭ́ā	κοχλῐ́ᾱ kokhlĭ́ā	κοχλῐ́αι kokhlĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κοχλίας (kochlías)
• → Latin: coclea

Further reading

• “κοχλίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), from κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral-shelled mollusk”), probably related to Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈçli.as/

Noun

κοχλίας • (kochlías) m (plural κοχλίες)

1. screw (threaded fastener)
2. worm gear
3. (anatomy) cochlea
4. Archimedes' screw
5. snail
6. helix
7. volute (spiral on Ionic column)

Declension

Declension of κοχλίας

	singular	plural
nominative	κοχλίας (kochlías)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)
genitive	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλιών (kochlión)
accusative	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)
vocative	κοχλία (kochlía)	κοχλίες (kochlíes)

Synonyms

• (helix): σπείρα f (speíra)

Further reading

• κοχλίας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el