κολοσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κολοττός (kolottós) (Attic)

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Pre-Greek (perhaps Minoan).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κολοσσός • (kolossós) m (genitive κολοσσοῦ); second declension

  1. large statue
  2. any statue, large or small

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κολοσσός; τοῦ κολοσσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κολοσσός
ho kolossós		 τὼ κολοσσώ
tṑ kolossṓ		 οἱ κολοσσοί
hoi kolossoí
Genitive τοῦ κολοσσοῦ
toû kolossoû		 τοῖν κολοσσοῖν
toîn kolossoîn		 τῶν κολοσσῶν
tôn kolossôn
Dative τῷ κολοσσῷ
tôi kolossôi		 τοῖν κολοσσοῖν
toîn kolossoîn		 τοῖς κολοσσοῖς
toîs kolossoîs
Accusative τὸν κολοσσόν
tòn kolossón		 τὼ κολοσσώ
tṑ kolossṓ		 τοὺς κολοσσούς
toùs kolossoús
Vocative κολοσσέ
kolossé		 κολοσσώ
kolossṓ		 κολοσσοί
kolossoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: colossus (see there for further descendants)
  • Polish: kolos
  • Russian: коло́сс (kolóss)

References
  1. Mastronarde, Donald J. [Hauptband]. Introduction to Attic Greck / Donald J. Mastronarde, [1]. Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.]: Univ. of California Press, 1993. p.xi

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