κοχλίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish with a spiral shell”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱς (-íās, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κοχλῐ́ᾱς • (kokhlíās) m (genitive κοχλίου); first declension

  1. snail with a spiral shell
  2. anything twisted spirally:
    1. automation in form of snail
    2. reel, spool, roller
    3. screw, especially Archimedes screw
    4. spiral stair
    5. (surgery) part of a surgical machine

Inflection
First declension of ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κοχλῐ́ᾱς
ho kokhlíās		 τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kokhlíā		 οἱ κοχλῐ́αι
hoi kokhlíai
Genitive τοῦ κοχλῐ́ου
toû kokhlíou		 τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν
toîn kokhlíain		 τῶν κοχλῐῶν
tôn kokhliôn
Dative τῷ κοχλῐ́ᾳ
tôi kokhlíāi		 τοῖν κοχλῐ́αιν
toîn kokhlíain		 τοῖς κοχλῐ́αις
toîs kokhlíais
Accusative τὸν κοχλῐ́ᾱν
tòn kokhlíān		 τὼ κοχλῐ́ᾱ
tṑ kokhlíā		 τοὺς κοχλῐ́ᾱς
toùs kokhlíās
Vocative κοχλῐ́ᾱ
kokhlíā		 κοχλῐ́ᾱ
kokhlíā		 κοχλῐ́αι
kokhlíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: κοχλίας (kochlías)
  • → Latin: coclea

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), from κόχλος (kókhlos, “spiral-shelled mollusk”), probably related to Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos, “mussel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈçli.as/

Noun

κοχλίας • (kochlías) m (plural κοχλίες)

  1. screw (threaded fastener)
  2. worm gear
  3. (anatomy) cochlea
  4. Archimedes' screw
  5. snail
  6. helix
  7. volute (spiral on Ionic column)

Declension
declension of κοχλίας
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κοχλίας • κοχλίες •
genitive κοχλία • κοχλιών •
accusative κοχλία • κοχλίες •
vocative κοχλία • κοχλίες •

Synonyms

Further reading
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