ὅλκιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hól.ki.mos/ → /ˈol.ci.mos/ → /ˈol.ci.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hól.ki.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ol.ki.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/

Adjective

ὅλκῐμος • (hólkĭmos) m or f (neuter ὅλκῐμον); second declension

1. capable of being drawn out, ductile, sticky
2. (of a cupping instrument) drawing well
3. (of a kind of pain in liver diseases) dragging

Declension

Second declension of ὅλκῐμος; ὅλκῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅλκῐμος hólkĭmos	ὅλκῐμον hólkĭmon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō		ὅλκῐμοι hólkĭmoi	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkĭmă
Genitive		ὁλκῐ́μου holkĭ́mou	ὁλκῐ́μου holkĭ́mou		ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkĭ́moin	ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkĭ́moin		ὁλκῐ́μων holkĭ́mōn	ὁλκῐ́μων holkĭ́mōn
Dative		ὁλκῐ́μῳ holkĭ́mōi	ὁλκῐ́μῳ holkĭ́mōi		ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkĭ́moin	ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkĭ́moin		ὁλκῐ́μοις holkĭ́mois	ὁλκῐ́μοις holkĭ́mois
Accusative		ὅλκῐμον hólkĭmon	ὅλκῐμον hólkĭmon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō		ὁλκῐ́μους holkĭ́mous	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkĭmă
Vocative		ὅλκῐμε hólkĭme	ὅλκῐμον hólkĭmon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkĭ́mō		ὅλκῐμοι hólkĭmoi	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkĭmă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὁλκῐ́μως holkĭ́mōs			ὁλκῐμώτερος holkĭmṓteros			ὁλκῐμώτᾰτος holkĭmṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὅλκιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὅλκιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette