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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

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ δῶρα οὐ κατὰ μῆλα καὶ στεφάνουσ ἀντεδίδοτο αὐτῇ, ἀλλὰ συνοικίαι ὅλαι καὶ ἀγροὶ καὶ θεράπαιναι καὶ ἐσθῆτεσ εὐανθεῖσ καὶ χρυσὸν ὁπόσον ἐθελήσειε Καὶ τί γάρ ; (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 15:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅλαι μὲν πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσι καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι, καὶ ναοὶ χιλιοτάλαντοι καὶ δήμων ἀποικισμοὶ μυρίανδροι, τροπαίοισ δὲ παντοδαποῖσ ἀναστέφονται καὶ λαφύροισ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 1:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅλαι μὲν πόλεισ αὐτῶν εἰσι καὶ νῆσοι καὶ ἤπειροι, καὶ ναοὶ χιλιοτάλαντοι καὶ δήμων ἀποικισμοὶ μυρίανδροι, τροπαίοισ δὲ παντοδαποῖσ ἀναστέφονται καὶ λαφύροισ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 4:1)
  • καὶ φιλοσόφων δὲ αἱρέσεισ ὅλαι τῆσ περὶ τὴν τρυφὴν αἱρέσεωσ ἀντεποιήσαντο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 631)
  • "ἀλλ’ αἱ μὲν ὅλαι κατέδυσαν εἰσ σῶμα, καὶ δι’ ὅλων ἀναταραχθεῖσαι τὸ σύμπαν ὑπὸ παθῶν. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 2234)

Synonyms

  1. whole

  2. complete

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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