ὅλωι

ὅλῳ, ὅλοξ

masc /neut dat sg

ὅλῳ, ὅλος

whole: masc /neut dat sg

ὅλῳ, ὅλοξ

masc /neut dat sg

ὅλῳ, ὅλος

whole: masc /neut dat sg

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `destructive, sinister, ominous' (Il.).

Other forms: Also ὀλοιός (A 342, Χ 5, h. Ven. 224), ὀλώιος (Hes. Th. 591, Nonn.), οὑλοός (A. R.), voc. ὀλέ (Alcm. 55), ὀλόεις (S. Tr. 521, lyr.).

Compounds: As 1. member in ὀλοό-φρων `of ruinous intention, pondering on evil', of ὕδρος, λέων, σῦς κάπρος (Il.), also of Ἄτλας, Αἰήτης, Μίνως (Od.); see Tièche Mus. Helv. 2, 69 f., Armstrong ClassRev. 63, 50; also ὀλο-εργός, - εργής `having a destructive effect' (Nic., Man.) with ο pushed out (cf. Schwyzer 252 f.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [777] * h₃elh₁- `destroy'

Etymology: To ὀλέ-σαι, ὄλε-θρος etc. (s. ὄλλυμι), so prob. through *ὀλε-Ϝός \> *ὀλο-Ϝός (J. Schmidt KZ 32, 332f., 337, Schwyzer 472 w. lit.). -- The formal variants are all secondary: ὀλοιός with οι for ο (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 168; cf. on οἰέτεας), οὑλοός with metr. lengthening and after οὖλος, ὀλώϊος after ὀλοφώϊος. ὀλόεις with poetical enlargement (Schw. 528 w. lit.), ὀλέ (voc.) from *ὀλοέ (or *ὀλε[F]έ?) with vowelloss; cf. ὤ μέλε and Hdn. 1, 154, 14.

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