Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κολλητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολλητός κολλητή κολλητόν

Structure: κολλητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kolla/w

Sense

  1. glued together, closely joined, well-framed
  2. welded to the

Examples

  • οἱ ζέφυροι πνείουσιν, ἐπιτρύζει δὲ χελιδὼν κάρφεσι κολλητὸν πηξαμένη θάλαμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 14 1:1)
  • καὶ ἀναξυρίδεσ Μηδικαὶ καὶ στολαὶ ὑακινθινοβαφεῖσ λέγει ὅτι ἔκειντο, αἱ δὲ πορφύρασ αἱ δὲ ἄλλησ καὶ ἄλλησ χρόασ, καὶ στρεπτοὶ καὶ ἀκινάκαι καὶ ἐνώτια χρυσοῦ τε καὶ λίθων κολλητά, καὶ τράπεζα ἔκειτο. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 29 6:2)
  • τῶν δὲ τριχίνων τὰ μὲν ὕδασι καὶ γῇ κολλητά, τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ αὑτοῖσ συνδετά. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 137:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅ γε νηῶν ἴκρι’ ἐπῴχετο μακρὰ βιβάσθων, νώμα δὲ ξυστὸν μέγα ναύμαχον ἐν παλάμῃσι κολλητὸν βλήτροισι δυωκαιεικοσίπηχυ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 66:2)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ καλὰ λέπαδν’ ἕσαν, ἐν δὲ χαλινοὺσ γαμφηλῇσ ἔβαλον, κατὰ δ’ ἡνία τεῖναν ὀπίσσω κολλητὸν ποτὶ δίφρον. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 30:5)

Synonyms

  1. welded to the

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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