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ὅλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὅλος ὅλη ὅλον

Structure: ὁλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = qolo/s

Sense

  1. whole, entire, perfect, complete
  2. complete, utter
  3. generally, on the whole
  4. (with negative): at all
  5. actually

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν φθάνοι τισ ἁπάσασ ἀναιρῶν τὰσ τοιαύτασ προστασίασ, καὶ οὔτε οἱ τοσαῦτα ἔθνη ἐπιτροπεύοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ πόλεισ ἁρμόττοντεσ οὔθ̓ οἱ τὰσ φάλαγγασ ἢ στρατόπεδα ὅλα ἐγχειριζόμενοι ὀρθῶσ ποιήσουσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ μισθὸσ αὐτῶν τῷ ἔργῳ πρόσεστιν. (Lucian, Apologia 27:2)
  • καὶ γένη δὲ ὅλα μακρόβια ἱστορεῖται διὰ τὴν δίαιταν, ὥσπερ Αἰγυπτίων οἱ καλούμενοι ἱερογραμματεῖσ. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 4:1)
  • ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἔθνη ὅλα μακροβιώτατα, ὥσπερ Σῆρασ μὲν ἱστοροῦσι μέχρι τριακοσίων ζῆν ἐτῶν, οἱ μὲν τῷ ἀέρι, οἱ δὲ τῇ γῇ τὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ μακροῦ γήρωσ προστιθέντεσ, οἱ δὲ καὶ τῇ διαίτῃ· (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 5:1)
  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ποῖαι τῶν προσόδων ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὐκ εἰσί, δυναταὶ δ’ εἰσὶ γενέσθαι, ἢ μικραὶ νῦν οὖσαι μείζουσ οἱαῖ́ τινεσ κατασκευασθῆναι, ἢ τῶν ἀναλωμάτων τῶν νῦν ἀναλουμένων, τίνα τε καὶ πόσα περιαιρεθέντα <τὰ> ὅλα μηθὲν βλάψει. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 16:1)
  • ἐζήτουν γάρ, οὐδὲ ἀποκρύψομαι τἀληθέσ, οἵτινεσ οἱ προὔχοντεσ εἰε͂ν καὶ οἷσ ἄν τισ προσελθὼν καὶ ἐπιγρα ψάμενοσ προστάτασ συναγωνισταῖσ χρῷτο πρὸσ τὰ ὅλα. (Lucian, Scytha 20:3)

Synonyms

  1. whole

  2. complete

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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