Κολοσσαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently feminine plural of κολοσσός (kolossós, “colossal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.los.sǎi̯/ → /ko.losˈsɛ/ → /ko.loˈse/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.los.sǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈsɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈsɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.losˈse/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈse/

Proper noun

Κολοσσαί • (Kolossaí) f pl (genitive Κολοσσῶν); first declension

1. Colossae, a city in Phrygia, a region in Asia Minor

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κολοσσαί; τῶν Κολοσσῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κολοσσαί hai Kolossaí
Genitive	τῶν Κολοσσῶν tôn Kolossôn
Dative	ταῖς Κολοσσαῖς taîs Kolossaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κολοσσᾱ́ς tā̀s Kolossā́s
Vocative	Κολοσσαί Kolossaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κολοσσαεύς (Kolossaeús)
• Κολοσσηνός (Kolossēnós)

Descendants

• Greek: Κολοσσές (Kolossés)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2857 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN