ὅλκιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hól.ki.mos/ → /ˈol.ci.mos/ → /ˈol.ci.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hól.ki.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ol.ki.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈol.ci.mos/

Adjective

ὅλκῐμος • (hólkimos) m or f (neuter ὅλκῐμον); second declension

1. capable of being drawn out, ductile, sticky
2. (of a cupping instrument) drawing well
3. (of a kind of pain in liver diseases) dragging

Declension

Second declension of ὅλκῐμος; ὅλκῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅλκῐμος hólkimos	ὅλκῐμον hólkimon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō		ὅλκῐμοι hólkimoi	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkima
Genitive		ὁλκῐ́μου holkímou	ὁλκῐ́μου holkímou		ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkímoin	ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkímoin		ὁλκῐ́μων holkímōn	ὁλκῐ́μων holkímōn
Dative		ὁλκῐ́μῳ holkímōi	ὁλκῐ́μῳ holkímōi		ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkímoin	ὁλκῐ́μοιν holkímoin		ὁλκῐ́μοις holkímois	ὁλκῐ́μοις holkímois
Accusative		ὅλκῐμον hólkimon	ὅλκῐμον hólkimon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō		ὁλκῐ́μους holkímous	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkima
Vocative		ὅλκῐμε hólkime	ὅλκῐμον hólkimon		ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō	ὁλκῐ́μω holkímō		ὅλκῐμοι hólkimoi	ὅλκῐμᾰ hólkima
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὁλκῐ́μως holkímōs			ὁλκῐμώτερος holkimṓteros			ὁλκῐμώτᾰτος holkimṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὅλκιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὅλκιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette