ὅλως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) +‎ -ως (-ōs, “a suffix creating adverbs from adjective stems”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hó.lɔːs/ → /ˈo.los/ → /ˈo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hó.lɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.los/

Adverb

ὅλως • (hólōs)

1. wholly, completely
2. altogether

Further reading

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