κοῖλος + ἕπομαι
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κόλπος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kolpos
English translation (word)
bosom, lap, fold, gulf
Transliteration (Etymon)
koilos + hepomai
English translation (etymon)
hollow + to follow
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 163
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842
Quotation
Κόλπος, παρὰ τὸ κοῖλον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ βαθὺ, καὶ τὸ ἕπω τὸ ἀκολουθῶ, ἀφαιρέσει τοῦ Ι· ἕπεται γὰρ τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ περιφερεῖ.
Translation (En)
Kolpos "fold", from koilos, which means "hollow" and hepō "to follow", by aphaeresis of /I/.For it follows the hollow and lies around it
Parallels
Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 4, p. 577 (ἔστι δὲ κόλπος μὲν τὸ ἐπάνω τῆς ζώνης κόλπωμα τοῦ πέπλου, γινόμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ κοῖλον καὶ τοῦ ἕπω, ᾧ δηλαδὴ κοιλότης ἕπεται, καθὰ καὶ τοῖς κατὰ θάλασσαν κόλποις); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 526 (Κόλπος: Παρὰ τὸ κοῖλον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ βαθὺ, κοῖλπος· καὶ ἀφαιρέσει τοῦ ι, κόλπος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕπω, τὸ ἀκολουθῶ. Ἕπεται γὰρ τῷ κοίλῳ καὶ περιφερεῖ βάθει)
Modern etymology
Cognate with ONorse half, OEng. hwealf "vault", from *kwelp- "curve" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has κόλπος "gulf, bay", or "(anatomical) cavity" , as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional descriptive etymology, where ἕπομαι is meant to account for the second syllable /po/ of the lemma. The etymon is an OV compound meaning "hollow-following". It refers to the same feature as the derivational etymology by κοῖλος alone (see κόλπος / κοῖλος).