κολοφών

Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 18 October 2014

Etymology
  • According to Pokorny cognate with κολώνη (kolṓnē) "hill", Latin collis "hill", the sense of "topping, finishing" derives figuratively from the one of "top".
  • According to Strabο (Geographica 14:1:28), from Κολοφών (Kolophṓn, “Colophon”) as coming from the belief that the cavalry of Colophon was so excellent, that it always decided the contest.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κολοφών • (kolophṓn) m (genitive κολοφῶνος); third declension

  1. a summit, top, finishing
  2. a type of playing ball
  3. (hapax legomenon, according to Hesychius) jackdaw, daw, grackle
  4. (hapax legomenon, according to Hesychius) a type of sea fish

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ κολοφών; τοῦ κολοφῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κολοφών
ho kolophṓn		 τὼ κολοφῶνε
tṑ kolophône		 οἱ κολοφῶνες
hoi kolophônes
Genitive τοῦ κολοφῶνος
toû kolophônos		 τοῖν κολοφώνοιν
toîn kolophṓnoin		 τῶν κολοφώνων
tôn kolophṓnōn
Dative τῷ κολοφῶνῐ
tôi kolophôni		 τοῖν κολοφώνοιν
toîn kolophṓnoin		 τοῖς κολοφῶσῐ / κολοφῶσῐν
toîs kolophôsi(n)
Accusative τὸν κολοφῶνᾰ
tòn kolophôna		 τὼ κολοφῶνε
tṑ kolophône		 τοὺς κολοφῶνᾰς
toùs kolophônas
Vocative κολοφών
kolophṓn		 κολοφῶνε
kolophône		 κολοφῶνες
kolophônes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → French: colophon
  • Greek: κολοφώνας (kolofónas)

Further reading
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