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κολοσσός
κολοσσός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κολοττός (kolottós) (Attic)
Noun
κολοσσός • (kolossós) m (genitive κολοσσοῦ); second declension
- Giant statue
- Any statue
Inflection
Second declension of κολοσσός, κολοσσοῦ
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κολοσσός | τὼ κολοσσώ | οἱ κολοσσοί |
| Genitive | τοῦ κολοσσοῦ | τοῖν κολοσσοῖν | τῶν κολοσσῶν |
| Dative | τῷ κολοσσῷ | τοῖν κολοσσοῖν | τοῖς κολοσσοῖς |
| Accusative | τὸν κολοσσόν | τὼ κολοσσώ | τοὺς κολοσσούς |
| Vocative | κολοσσέ | κολοσσώ | κολοσσοί |
Descendants
- Italian: colosso
- Polish: kolos, kolosalny
- Russian: колосс m (kolóss), колоссальный (kolossál'nyj)
References
- κολοσσός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κολοσσός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «κολοσσός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ↑ Mastronarde, Donald J. [Hauptband]. Introduction to Attic Greck / Donald J. Mastronarde, [1]. Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: Univ. of California Press, 1993. p.xi