κόλον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.lon/ → /ˈko.lon/ → /ˈko.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lon/

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Grammarians of Hellenistic times proposed relation to βουκόλος (boukólos, “tending kine”), δύσκολος (dúskolos, “difficult”), κόλαξ (kólax, “flatterer”). Other theories include κυλλός (kullós, “crooked, club-footed”) and κόλος (kólos, “docked, hornless”). No relation to κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).

Noun

κόλον • (kólon) n (genitive κόλου); second declension

1. (anatomy) colon (last part of the digestive system)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κόλον; τοῦ κόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κόλον tò kólon	τὼ κόλω tṑ kólō	τᾰ̀ κόλᾰ tà kóla
Genitive	τοῦ κόλου toû kólou	τοῖν κόλοιν toîn kóloin	τῶν κόλων tôn kólōn
Dative	τῷ κόλῳ tôi kólōi	τοῖν κόλοιν toîn kóloin	τοῖς κόλοις toîs kólois
Accusative	τὸ κόλον tò kólon	τὼ κόλω tṑ kólō	τᾰ̀ κόλᾰ tà kóla
Vocative	κόλον kólon	κόλω kólō	κόλᾰ kóla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: κόλον (kólon) (learned)
• → Latin: colon (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܠܘܢ (qōlōn)

Further reading

• κόλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κόλον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κόλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

κόλον • (kólon)

1. inflection of κόλος (kólos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόλον of uncertain etymon. Grammarians of Hellenistic times proposed relation to βουκόλος (boukólos, “tending kine”), δύσκολος (dúskolos, “difficult”), κόλαξ (kólax, “flatterer”). Other theories include κυλλός (kullós, “crooked, club-footed”) and κόλος (kólos, “docked, hornless”). No relation to κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.lon/

Noun

κόλον • (kólon) n (indeclinable)

1. (anatomy) colon (last part of the digestive system)

Related terms

• κολονοσκόπηση f (kolonoskópisi, “colonoscopy”)

See also

• λεπτό έντερο n (leptó éntero, “small intestine”)
• παχύ έντερο n (pachý éntero, “large intestine”)

Further reading

• Έντερο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el