οὖλον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ûː.lon/ → /ˈu.lon/ → /ˈu.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ûː.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.lon/

Etymology 1

The etymology is uncertain. Maybe from the same root of εἰλέω (eiléō, “to press together”) or from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”), like ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”), εἰλύω (eilúō, “to enfold”), εἴλω (eílō, “to roll up, pack close”), ἑλίσσω (helíssō, “to turn round, to roll”).

Noun

οὖλον • (oûlon) n (genitive οὔλου); second declension

1. (anatomy) gum (flesh around the teeth)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οὖλον; τοῦ οὔλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὖλον tò oûlon	τὼ οὔλω tṑ oúlō	τᾰ̀ οὖλᾰ tằ oûlă
Genitive	τοῦ οὔλου toû oúlou	τοῖν οὔλοιν toîn oúloin	τῶν οὔλων tôn oúlōn
Dative	τῷ οὔλῳ tōî oúlōi	τοῖν οὔλοιν toîn oúloin	τοῖς οὔλοις toîs oúlois
Accusative	τὸ οὖλον tò oûlon	τὼ οὔλω tṑ oúlō	τᾰ̀ οὖλᾰ tằ oûlă
Vocative	οὖλον oûlon	οὔλω oúlō	οὖλᾰ oûlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ούλο (oúlo)

Further reading

• “οὖλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “οὖλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• οὖλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

οὖλον • (oûlon)

1. inflection of οὖλος (oûlos):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 3

Adverb

οὖλον • (oûlon)

1. destructively