κόλαφος

Ancient Greek

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).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.la.pʰos/ → /ˈko.la.ɸos/ → /ˈko.la.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.la.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.la.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.la.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.la.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.la.fos/

Noun

κόλᾰφος • (kólăphos) m (genitive κολᾰ́φου); second declension

1. a buffet, a blow

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κόλᾰφος; τοῦ κολᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόλᾰφος ho kólăphos	τὼ κολᾰ́φω tṑ kolắphō	οἱ κόλᾰφοι hoi kólăphoi
Genitive	τοῦ κολᾰ́φου toû kolắphou	τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν toîn kolắphoin	τῶν κολᾰ́φων tôn kolắphōn
Dative	τῷ κολᾰ́φῳ tôi kolắphōi	τοῖν κολᾰ́φοιν toîn kolắphoin	τοῖς κολᾰ́φοις toîs kolắphois
Accusative	τὸν κόλᾰφον tòn kólăphon	τὼ κολᾰ́φω tṑ kolắphō	τοὺς κολᾰ́φους toùs kolắphous
Vocative	κόλᾰφε kólăphe	κολᾰ́φω kolắphō	κόλᾰφοι kólăphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κόλαφος (kólafos)
• → Latin: colaphus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos).

Noun

κόλαφος • (kólafos) m (plural κόλαφοι)

1. slap (to the face)

Declension

Declension of κόλαφος

	singular	plural
nominative	κόλαφος (kólafos)	κόλαφοι (kólafoi)
genitive	κολάφου (koláfou)	κολάφων (koláfon)
accusative	κόλαφο (kólafo)	κολάφους (koláfous)
vocative	κόλαφε (kólafe)	κόλαφοι (kólafoi)

Synonyms

• see: χαστούκι n (chastoúki)

Further reading

• κόλαφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language