χωλίαμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χωλός (khōlós, “lame, limping”) +‎ ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.lí.am.bos/ → /xoˈli.am.bos/ → /xoˈli.am.bos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.lí.am.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈli.am.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/

Noun

χωλῐ́ᾰμβος • (khōlĭ́ămbos) m (genitive χωλῐᾰ́μβου); second declension

1. (poetry) choliamb, limping iamb

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος; τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος ho khōlĭ́ămbos	τὼ χωλῐᾰ́μβω tṑ khōlĭắmbō	οἱ χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι hoi khōlĭ́ămboi
Genitive	τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου toû khōlĭắmbou	τοῖν χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn khōlĭắmboin	τῶν χωλῐᾰ́μβων tôn khōlĭắmbōn
Dative	τῷ χωλῐᾰ́μβῳ tôi khōlĭắmbōi	τοῖν χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn khōlĭắmboin	τοῖς χωλῐᾰ́μβοις toîs khōlĭắmbois
Accusative	τὸν χωλῐ́ᾰμβον tòn khōlĭ́ămbon	τὼ χωλῐᾰ́μβω tṑ khōlĭắmbō	τοὺς χωλῐᾰ́μβους toùs khōlĭắmbous
Vocative	χωλῐ́ᾰμβε khōlĭ́ămbe	χωλῐᾰ́μβω khōlĭắmbō	χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι khōlĭ́ămboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χωλῐᾰμβοποιέω (khōlĭămbopoiéō)

Descendants

• → Latin: chōliambus
  • → English: choliamb
  • → Italian: coliambo

Further reading

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