θόλος

See also: θολός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, the comparison with Proto-Germanic *dalą (“valley”) and Proto-Slavic *dȏlъ (“valley”) should be discarded. The connection with θάλαμος (thálamos, “bedroom”) makes more sense and would lead to a Pre-Greek origin.[1] A few scholars, such as Guus Kroonen,[2] still maintain the Indo-European etymology and reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) f (genitive θόλου); second declension

  1. (architecture) A round building with conical roof, a rotunda
  2. A vaulted steam bath
  3. A bandage for the head invented by Diocles

Declension
Second declension of ἡ θόλος; τῆς θόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ θόλος
hē thólos		 τὼ θόλω
tṑ thólō		 αἱ θόλοι
hai thóloi
Genitive τῆς θόλου
tês thólou		 τοῖν θόλοιν
toîn thóloin		 τῶν θόλων
tôn thólōn
Dative τῇ θόλῳ
têi thólōi		 τοῖν θόλοιν
toîn thóloin		 ταῖς θόλοις
taîs thólois
Accusative τὴν θόλον
tḕn thólon		 τὼ θόλω
tṑ thólō		 τᾱ̀ς θόλους
tā̀s thólous
Vocative θόλε
thóle		 θόλω
thólō		 θόλοι
thóloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Latin: tholus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طولوس (tolos), طولس (tolos), طولوز (toloz)
    • Turkish: tonoz
    • → Armenian: թօնօզ (tʻōnōz)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 550–551
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek, thence uncertain, but, according to Beekes, possibly cognate with θάλαμος (thálamos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθo.los/

Noun

θόλος • (thólos) m (plural θόλοι)

  1. (architecture) dome, vault
  2. (astronomy) vault, sky
  3. (anatomy) body cavity

Declension
declension of θόλος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative θόλος • θόλοι •
genitive θόλου • θόλων •
accusative θόλο • θόλους •
vocative θόλε • θόλοι •

Synonyms

Further reading
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