ὁλοσχερής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + an element *σχερός (*skherós, “row”),^[1] the latter formed from a zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have”), + -ής (-ḗs). See also ἐπισχερώ (episkherṓ, “in a row”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.los.kʰe.rɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.los.kʰeˈre̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.los.çeˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.los.çeˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.los.çeˈris/

Adjective

ὁλοσχερής • (holoskherḗs) m or f (neuter ὁλοσχερές); third declension

whole, entire, complete

Declension

Third declension of ὁλοσχερής; ὁλοσχερές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὁλοσχερής holoskherḗs		ὁλοσχερές holoskherés	ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî		ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî	ὁλοσχερεῖς holoskhereîs		ὁλοσχερῆ holoskherê
Genitive	ὁλοσχεροῦς holoskheroûs		ὁλοσχεροῦς holoskheroûs	ὁλοσχεροῖν holoskheroîn		ὁλοσχεροῖν holoskheroîn	ὁλοσχερῶν holoskherôn		ὁλοσχερῶν holoskherôn
Dative	ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî		ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî	ὁλοσχεροῖν holoskheroîn		ὁλοσχεροῖν holoskheroîn	ὁλοσχερέσῐ ὁλοσχερέσῐν holoskherésĭ(n)		ὁλοσχερέσῐ ὁλοσχερέσῐν holoskherésĭ(n)
Accusative	ὁλοσχερῆ holoskherê		ὁλοσχερές holoskherés	ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî		ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî	ὁλοσχερεῖς holoskhereîs		ὁλοσχερῆ holoskherê
Vocative	ὁλοσχερές holoskherés		ὁλοσχερές holoskherés	ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî		ὁλοσχερεῖ holoskhereî	ὁλοσχερεῖς holoskhereîs		ὁλοσχερῆ holoskherê
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁλοσχερῶς holoskherôs			ὁλοσχερέστερος holoskherésteros			ὁλοσχερέστᾰτος holoskheréstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὁλοσχερῶς (holoskherôs)

Descendants

Greek: ολοσχερής (oloscherís)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὅλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1072: “COMP > line 2 > ὁλο-σχερής”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐπισχερώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446: “ETYM > line 3 > With an s-stem, there is ὁλο-σχερής 'complete'”