κωλικός
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From κῶλον (kôlon, “member”) + -ῐκός (-ikós); the word for “colon, part of the intestine” is actually κόλον (kólon) with ο rather than ω.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔː.li.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.liˈkos/
Adjective[edit]
κωλῐκός • (kōlikós) m (feminine κωλῐκή, neuter κωλῐκόν); first/second declension
- suffering in the colon
Descendants[edit]
- → Middle Persian: *kōlang?
- → Latin: cōlicā
References[edit]
- “κωλικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press