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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

  • οὐ δίκαιον τοίνυν παρὰ τῶν ἰατρῶν τὴν ὁμοίαν ἐπ’ ἀμφοῖν θεραπείαν ἀπαιτεῖν, εἰδότασ ὡσ πολὺ τοὐν μέσῳ, βίῳ παντὶ καὶ πράξεσιν ὅλαισ καὶ πᾶσιν ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ εὐθὺσ κεχωρισμένων. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 29:1)
  • βαβαί, δέκα ὅλαισ κρατεῖσ· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 35:1)
  • ὁ δ’ οὐδὲν μελλήσασ ὁ συνετώτατοσ Ῥουτιλιανὸσ ἔπεμπεν εὐθὺσ ἐπὶ τὴν κόρην καὶ τοὺσ γάμουσ συνετέλει ἑξηκοντούτησ νυμφίοσ καὶ συνῆν, τὴν πενθερὰν Σελήνην ἑκατόμβαισ ὅλαισ ἱλασκόμενοσ καὶ τῶν ἐπουρανίων εἷσ καὶ αὐτὸσ οἰόμενοσ γεγονέναι. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 35:5)
  • ὄρχεων δράσσεο χερσὶν ὅλαισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 203)
  • τοῖσ μὲν ὑμετέροισ πατράσι καὶ ἀδελφοῖσ καὶ ὅλαισ ταῖσ πόλεσιν ὑμῶν ἅπαντα τὰ δεινὰ ὀφείλεται παθεῖν, ὅτι πόλεμον ἀντὶ φιλίασ οὔτε ἀναγκαῖον οὔτε καλὸν ἀνείλοντο· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 35 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. whole

  2. complete

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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