κόλυμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Possibly Pre-Greek.[1] Compare Latin columba (“dove”), which may be a borrowing from Greek. Also compare with Proto-Slavic *kъlpь (“swan”). Compare also Proto-Nuristani *carāmba (“parrot”) and Old Armenian սալամբ (salamb).

    According to Beekes, κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “I dive”) is a denominative verbal derivation.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    κόλυμβος • (kólumbos) m (genitive κολύμβου); second declension

    1. alternative form of κολυμβῐ́ς (kolumbĭ́s, “diver; little grebe (Podiceps minor)”)
    2. alternative form of κολύμβησῐς (kolúmbēsĭs, “pearl fishing”)
    3. alternative form of κολυμβήθρᾱ (kolumbḗthrā, “place for swimming”)

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ κόλυμβος; τοῦ κολύμβου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ κόλυμβος
    ho kólumbos     		τὼ κολύμβω
    tṑ kolúmbō     		οἱ κόλυμβοι
    hoi kólumboi
    Genitive τοῦ κολύμβου
    toû kolúmbou     		τοῖν κολύμβοιν
    toîn kolúmboin     		τῶν κολύμβων
    tôn kolúmbōn
    Dative τῷ κολύμβῳ
    tōî kolúmbōi     		τοῖν κολύμβοιν
    toîn kolúmboin     		τοῖς κολύμβοις
    toîs kolúmbois
    Accusative τὸν κόλυμβον
    tòn kólumbon     		τὼ κολύμβω
    tṑ kolúmbō     		τοὺς κολύμβους
    toùs kolúmbous
    Vocative κόλυμβε
    kólumbe     		κολύμβω
    kolúmbō     		κόλυμβοι
    kólumboi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Latin: columba, colymbus

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κόλυμβος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 741

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