κώλος

From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolos]
• Hyphenation: κώ‧λος

κώλος • (kólos) m (plural κώλοι)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) bumhole, butthole, arsehole, asshole (the anus)

   Μπήκε μια κάμερα στον κώλο του για να κάνει εξέταση. ― Bíke mia kámera ston kólo tou gia na kánei exétasi. ― A camera went up his bumhole to examine.

2. (colloquial, informal) arse, ass, bum, bottom (the buttocks)

   Φόρεσε κάτι πιο σεμνό, φαίνεται ο κώλος σου. ― Fórese káti pio semnó, faínetai o kólos sou. ― Wear something more modest, your arse is showing.

3. (colloquial, figuratively) seat (of clothes)

   Ο κώλος του παντελονιού θέλει ράψιμο. ― O kólos tou pantelonioú thélei rápsimo. ― The seat of the trousers needs stitching.

4. (colloquial, figuratively) rear (of a vehicle)
5. (colloquial, figuratively) hole (in anything)

   ο κώλος της βελόνας ― o kólos tis velónas ― the eye of a needle

• (anus): κωλοτρυπίδα f (kolotrypída, “arsehole”), πυγή f (pygí, “anus”)
• (buttocks): πισινός m (pisinós, “behind”), ποπός m (popós, “bum”)

• του κώλου (tou kólou, “useless, crap”) (colloquial)
• κωλαράκι n (kolaráki) (diminutive)
• κωλαράκος m (kolarákos) (diminutive)
• κωλάρα f (kolára) (augmentative)
• κωλομέρι n (koloméri, “arsecheek, asscheek”)
• ξέκωλος (xékolos, “scantily clad, bottomless”) (colloquial)
• ξεκωλώνω (xekolóno, “to violently bugger, to exhaust”) (very vulgar)
• ξεκωλιάρης m (xekoliáris, “very lucky person, jerk, dick”) (vulgar)
• ξεκωλιάρα f (xekoliára, “scantily dressed female, bitch”) (vulgar)
• μιλάνε όλοι, μιλάν κι οι κώλοι (miláne óloi, milán ki oi kóloi, “of persons who try and offer an opinion in areas in which they are unqualified or unknowledgable”) (literally: "everyone talks; arses talk, too")
• πότε ο Γιάννης δεν μπορεί, πότε ο κώλος του πονεί (póte o Giánnis den boreí, póte o kólos tou poneí, “Of lazy people who feign illness whenever it's convenient”) (literally: "one moment John can't, the next his arse hurts")

• κωλο- (kolo-) (prefix)