κόλουρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From κόλος (kólos, docked) +‎ οὐρά (ourá, tail).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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κόλουρος (kólourosm or f (neuter κόλουρον); second declension

  1. dock-tailed, stump-tailed
  2. (in general) truncated

Declension

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Noun

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κόλουρος (kólourosm (genitive κολούρου); second declension

  1. (astronomy, in the plural) colure, either of two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles
  2. kind of fig

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: colūrus

Further reading

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