κώλυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κωλῡ́ω (kōlū́ō) +‎ -μα (-ma)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lyː.ma/ → /ˈko.ly.ma/ → /ˈko.li.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔ̌ː.lyː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ly.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.li.ma/

Noun

κώλῡμᾰ • (kṓlūmă) n (genitive κωλῡ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. hindrance, impediment
2. prevention, precaution

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κώλῡμᾰ; τοῦ κωλῡ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κώλῡμᾰ tò kṓlūmă	τὼ κωλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kōlū́măte	τᾰ̀ κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tằ kōlū́mătă
Genitive	τοῦ κωλῡ́μᾰτος toû kōlū́mătos	τοῖν κωλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōlūmắtoin	τῶν κωλῡμᾰ́των tôn kōlūmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κωλῡ́μᾰτῐ tôi kōlū́mătĭ	τοῖν κωλῡμᾰ́τοιν toîn kōlūmắtoin	τοῖς κωλῡ́μᾰσῐ / κωλῡ́μᾰσῐν toîs kōlū́măsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κώλῡμᾰ tò kṓlūmă	τὼ κωλῡ́μᾰτε tṑ kōlū́măte	τᾰ̀ κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ tằ kōlū́mătă
Vocative	κώλῡμᾰ kṓlūmă	κωλῡ́μᾰτε kōlū́măte	κωλῡ́μᾰτᾰ kōlū́mătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cōlȳma

Further reading

• κώλυμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κώλυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bar idem, page 62.
  • barrier idem, page 63.
  • block idem, page 84.
  • check idem, page 128.
  • hindrance idem, page 400.
  • impediment idem, page 419.
  • interruption idem, page 452.
  • obstacle idem, page 567.
  • prevention idem, page 639.
  • preventive idem, page 639.
  • stay idem, page 813.
  • stop idem, page 820.