κόλπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve, arch”), which would also be the source of Proto-Germanic *hwalfą (“vault, arch”),[1][2][3] though Greek *πόλπος (*pólpos) would be expected, and the semantics are distant.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόλπος • (kólpos) m (genitive κόλπου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine)

  1. bosom, lap
  2. a fold in fabric around the bosom
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, 15 134:
      λύσασαι δὲ κόμαν καὶ ἐπὶ σφυρὰ κόλπον ἀνεῖσαι
      lúsasai dè kóman kaì epì sphurà kólpon aneîsai
  3. any hollow space, pocket
  4. especially of water, the hollow between waves
  5. gulf, bay, creek

Declension
Second declension of ὁ κόλπος; τοῦ κόλπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόλπος
ho kólpos		 τὼ κόλπω
tṑ kólpō		 οἱ κόλποι
hoi kólpoi
Genitive τοῦ κόλπου
toû kólpou		 τοῖν κόλποιν
toîn kólpoin		 τῶν κόλπων
tôn kólpōn
Dative τῷ κόλπῳ
tôi kólpōi		 τοῖν κόλποιν
toîn kólpoin		 τοῖς κόλποις
toîs kólpois
Accusative τὸν κόλπον
tòn kólpon		 τὼ κόλπω
tṑ kólpō		 τοὺς κόλπους
toùs kólpous
Vocative κόλπε
kólpe		 κόλπω
kólpō		 κόλποι
kólpoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Greek: κόλπος (kólpos) (learned)
  • → Latin: colfus, colphus, culfus
  • → New Latin: colpos, colpus (learned)
  • → Azerbaijani: körfəz
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كورفز (körfez)
    > Turkish: körfez (inherited)
    • → Crimean Tatar: корьфез, körfez
  • → Uyghur: كۆرپەز (körpez)
  • → Uzbek: koʻrfaz

Further reading

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 740-741

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of κόρφος (kórfos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.pos/

Noun

κόλπος • (kólpos) m (plural κόλποι)

  1. bosom
  2. bay, gulf
  3. (anatomy) vagina
  4. (anatomy) atrium (of the heart)

Declension
declension of κόλπος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κόλπος • κόλποι •
genitive κόλπου • κόλπων •
accusative κόλπο • κόλπους •
vocative κόλπε • κόλποι •

Synonyms
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