ολόφωτος

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ὁλόφωτος (holóphōtos).[1] Morphologically, from (όλος) ολο- ((ólos) olo-, “holo- whole, entire”) +‎ (φως) φωτ- ((fos) fot-, “light”) + -ος (-os).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oˈlo.fo.tos/
  • Hyphenation: ο‧λό‧φω‧τος

Adjective

ολόφωτος • (olófotos) m (feminine ολόφωτη, neuter ολόφωτο) [2]

  1. (expressive, poetic) filled with light, projecting light
    ολόφωτο φεγγάρι ― olófoto fengári ― bright-shining moon

Declension
Declension of ολόφωτος
number 
case \ gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ολόφωτος • ολόφωτη • ολόφωτο • ολόφωτοι • ολόφωτες • ολόφωτα •
genitive ολόφωτου • ολόφωτης • ολόφωτου • ολόφωτων • ολόφωτων • ολόφωτων •
accusative ολόφωτο • ολόφωτη • ολόφωτο • ολόφωτους • ολόφωτες • ολόφωτα •
vocative ολόφωτε • ολόφωτη • ολόφωτο • ολόφωτοι • ολόφωτες • ολόφωτα •

Synonyms
  • ολοφώτεινος (olofóteinos)
  • κατάφωτος (katáfotos)
  • πάμφωτος (pámfotos)
  • φωτόλουστος (fotóloustos, “bathed in light”), φωτολουσμένος (fotolousménos, participle)

Derived terms
  • ολόφωτο f (olófoto, “kind of device for directing light”) (rare)

See also
  • αυτόφωτος (aftófotos, “self luminous”)
  • ολόλαμπρος (olólampros, “very bright”)
  • ολόμαυρος (olómavros, “completely black”)
  • ολόψυχος (olópsychos, “wholehearted”)
  • πολύφωτο n (polýfoto, “chandelier”)

References
  1. ολόφωτος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
  2. ολόφωτος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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