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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

  • καὶ ὅλωσ περικέχυταί μοι τὸ κάλλοσ αὐτῶν καὶ ὅλον περιείληφέ με καὶ ἄχθομαι, ὅτι μὴ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὥσπερ ὁ Ἄργοσ ὅλῳ βλέπειν δύναμαι τῷ σώματι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 8:3)
  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, ἡ Ἀχερουσία λίμνη πρόκειται πρώτη δεχομένη τοὺσ ἀπαντῶντασ, ἣν οὐκ ἔνι διαπλεῦσαι ἢ παρελθεῖν ἄνευ τοῦ πορθμέωσ βαθεῖά τε γὰρ περᾶσαι τοῖσ ποσὶν καὶ διανήξασθαι πολλή, καὶ ὅλωσ οὐκ ἂν αὐτὴν διαπταίη οὐδὲ τὰ νεκρὰ τῶν ὀρνέων. (Lucian, (no name) 3:2)
  • τοὺσ μὲν ἐξ ὁμοτίμων ποιησάμενοσ, ἐνίουσ δὲ νόθουσ ἐκ τοῦ θνητοῦ καὶ ἐπιγείου γένουσ, ἄρτι μὲν ὁ γεννάδασ γενόμενοσ χρυσόσ, ἄρτι δὲ ταῦροσ ἢ κύκνοσ ἢ ἀετόσ, καὶ ὅλωσ ποικιλώτεροσ αὐτοῦ Πρωτέωσ· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:5)
  • "ἢ διότι μὴ τοιουτοσὶ γέρων ἐγενόμην οἱο͂σ εἶ σύ, φαλακρὸσ μὲν τὴν κεφαλήν, τὴν δ’ ὄψιν ἐρρυτιδωμένοσ, κυφὸσ καὶ τὰ γόνατα νωθήσ, καὶ ὅλωσ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου σαθρὸσ πολλὰσ τριακάδασ καὶ ὀλυμπιάδασ ἀναπλήσασ, καὶ τὰ τελευταῖα δὴ ταῦτα παραπαίων ἐπὶ τοσούτων μαρτύρων ; (Lucian, (no name) 16:6)
  • ἀφ’ οὗ δ’ οὖν τοσοῦτοι γεγόναμεν, ἐπιδέδωκε μᾶλλον ἡ ἐπιορκία καὶ ἱεροσυλία, καὶ ὅλωσ καταπεφρονήκασιν ἡμῶν ‐ εὖ ποιοῦντεσ. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. whole

  2. complete

  3. generally

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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