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κόλπος

kolpos

bosom, lap, gulf, bay, vale, womb

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. κόλπος · kolpos — Beekes

bosom, lap, gulf, bay, vale, womb

2. κόλπος · kolpos — Chantraine

τη

3. Κόλπος · Kolpos — Chantraine

subsiste en grec moderne à la fois au sens de «sein, giron » et à celui de « gol

4. κόλπος · kolpos — Frisk

Busen, Bausch, Meerbusen, Bucht, Talgrund

5. κόλπος · kolpos — LSJ

bosom, lap

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 787-788; entry #3343 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 572-573; entry #4190 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 936-937; entry #3141 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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