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κοῖλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοῖλος κοίλη κοῖλον

Structure: κοιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hollow, mostly as an epithet of ships, (κοίλη ναῦς) the hollow or hold of a ship
  2. roomy
  3. empty

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κοῖλος κοίλη κοῖλον
Genitive κοίλου κοίλης κοίλου
Dative κοίλῳ κοίλῃ κοίλῳ
Accusative κοῖλον κοίλην κοῖλον
Vocative κοῖλε κοίλη κοῖλον
DualN/A/V κοίλω κοίλᾱ κοίλω
G/D κοίλοιν κοίλαιν κοίλοιν
PluralNominative κοῖλοι κοῖλαι κοῖλα
Genitive κοίλων κοιλῶν κοίλων
Dative κοίλοις κοίλαις κοίλοις
Accusative κοίλους κοίλᾱς κοῖλα
Vocative κοῖλοι κοῖλαι κοῖλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κοῖλος κοίλου κοιλότερος κοιλοτέρου κοιλότατος κοιλοτάτου
Adverb κοίλως κοιλότερον κοιλότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀκίνδυνοι δ’ ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ’ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ’ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαισ τίμιαι· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 6 3:2)
  • Αἴτνα μᾶτερ ἐμά, κἠγὼ καλὸν ἄντρον ἐνοικέω κοίλαισ ἐν πέτραισιν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 8)
  • ἡ πήρη καὶ χλαῖνα καὶ ὕδατι πιληθεῖσα μάζα, καὶ ἡ πρὸ ποδῶν ῥάβδοσ ἐρειδομένη, καὶ δέπασ ἐκ κεράμοιο, σοφῷ κυνὶ μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια κἠν τούτοισ ἦν τι περισσότερον κοίλαισ γὰρ πόμα χερσὶν ἰδὼν ἀρύοντα βοώτην, εἶπε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3331)
  • νυκτερεύουσι δ’ ἐπὶ τῆσ χώρασ σπανίωσ μὲν ἔν τισιν εὐτελέσιν ἐπαύλεσιν ἢ καλιαῖσ, τὰ δὲ πολλὰ ἐν ταῖσ κοίλαισ πέτραισ καὶ σπηλαίοισ αὐτοφυέσι καὶ δυναμένοισ σκέπην ἱκανὴν παρέχεσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 39 5:1)
  • ὑποδέσεσι δὲ κοίλαισ χρῶνται καὶ τοῖσ χρώμασι πεποικιλμέναισ περιττότερον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 45 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. roomy

  2. empty

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