χωλίαμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χωλός (khōlós, “lame, limping”) +‎ ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.lí.am.bos/ → /xoˈli.am.bos/ → /xoˈli.am.bos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɔː.lí.am.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰoˈli.am.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xoˈli.am.bos/

Noun

χωλῐ́ᾰμβος • (khōlíambos) m (genitive χωλῐᾰ́μβου); second declension

1. (poetry) choliamb, limping iamb

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος; τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χωλῐ́ᾰμβος ho khōlíambos	τὼ χωλῐᾰ́μβω tṑ khōliámbō	οἱ χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι hoi khōlíamboi
Genitive	τοῦ χωλῐᾰ́μβου toû khōliámbou	τοῖν χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn khōliámboin	τῶν χωλῐᾰ́μβων tôn khōliámbōn
Dative	τῷ χωλῐᾰ́μβῳ tôi khōliámbōi	τοῖν χωλῐᾰ́μβοιν toîn khōliámboin	τοῖς χωλῐᾰ́μβοις toîs khōliámbois
Accusative	τὸν χωλῐ́ᾰμβον tòn khōlíambon	τὼ χωλῐᾰ́μβω tṑ khōliámbō	τοὺς χωλῐᾰ́μβους toùs khōliámbous
Vocative	χωλῐ́ᾰμβε khōlíambe	χωλῐᾰ́μβω khōliámbō	χωλῐ́ᾰμβοι khōlíamboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χωλῐᾰμβοποιέω (khōliambopoiéō)

Descendants

• → Latin: chōliambus
  • → English: choliamb
  • → Italian: coliambo

Further reading

• “χωλίαμβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χωλίαμβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χωλίαμβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette