βαθύκολπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰθῠ́ς (bathús, “deep”) +‎ κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom; bay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.tʰý.kol.pos/ → /βaˈθy.kol.pos/ → /vaˈθi.kol.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.tʰý.kol.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /baˈtʰy.kol.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaˈθy.kol.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vaˈθy.kol.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vaˈθi.kol.pos/

Adjective

βᾰθῠ́κολπος • (bathúkolpos) m or f (neuter βᾰθῠ́κολπον); second declension

1. bathykolpian, with dress falling in deep folds
2. with deep bosom (of the earth)
3. with deep foundations

Declension

Second declension of βᾰθῠ́κολπος; βᾰθῠ́κολπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βᾰθῠ́κολπος bathúkolpos	βᾰθῠ́κολπον bathúkolpon		βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō	βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō		βᾰθῠ́κολποι bathúkolpoi	βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ bathúkolpa
Genitive		βᾰθῠκόλπου bathukólpou	βᾰθῠκόλπου bathukólpou		βᾰθῠκόλποιν bathukólpoin	βᾰθῠκόλποιν bathukólpoin		βᾰθῠκόλπων bathukólpōn	βᾰθῠκόλπων bathukólpōn
Dative		βᾰθῠκόλπῳ bathukólpōi	βᾰθῠκόλπῳ bathukólpōi		βᾰθῠκόλποιν bathukólpoin	βᾰθῠκόλποιν bathukólpoin		βᾰθῠκόλποις bathukólpois	βᾰθῠκόλποις bathukólpois
Accusative		βᾰθῠ́κολπον bathúkolpon	βᾰθῠ́κολπον bathúkolpon		βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō	βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō		βᾰθῠκόλπους bathukólpous	βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ bathúkolpa
Vocative		βᾰθῠ́κολπε bathúkolpe	βᾰθῠ́κολπον bathúkolpon		βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō	βᾰθῠκόλπω bathukólpō		βᾰθῠ́κολποι bathúkolpoi	βᾰθῠ́κολπᾰ bathúkolpa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βᾰθῠκόλπως bathukólpōs			βᾰθῠκολπότερος bathukolpóteros			βᾰθῠκολπότᾰτος bathukolpótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βαθύκολπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βαθύκολπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βαθύκολπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαθύκολπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βαθύκολπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)