κωλικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῶλον (kôlon) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.li.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.liˈkos/

Adjective

κωλῐκός • (kōlikós) m (feminine κωλῐκή, neuter κωλῐκόν); first/second declension

suffering in the colon

Descendants

→ Middle Persian: *kōlang?
- → Arabic: قَوْلَنْج‎ (qawlanj)
  - → Persian: قولنج‎ (qawlanj, qowlanj)
→ Latin: cōlicā
- → French: colique
  - → English: colic

References

“κωλικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-xiv

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