Bible Lexicons

ὅλος, η, ον,

Ion. οὖλος, η, ον, as in Hom. (twice, v. infr.), Xenoph. (v. infr.), Parm. 8.4, Hp. Acut. 14, Carn. 13, al. (but ὅλος in Hdt. 2.126, 4.64, 7.167, 8.113 (cf. ἡμι-ολίας 5.88), Hp. Epid. 1.7, Herod. 3.18, 5.12, 6.7 (but οὖλος 8.56); ὅλως dub. in Thgn. 73 codd.): —

I

1. whole, entire, complete in all its parts, of persons and things, ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, Od. 17.343; μηνὶ δ' ἄρ' οὔλῳ in a whole month, 24.118; οὖλος ὁρᾷ, οὖλος δὲ νοεῖ, οὖλος δέ τ' ἀκούει (sc. ὁ θεός) Xenoph. 24; ὅλος ἑσπέρας ὀφθαλμός, i.e. the full moon, Pi. O. 3.19; ὁ ὅ. χρόνος ib. 2.30; τρεῖς ὅλους.. ἑκμήνους χρόνους S. OT 1136; ἐπ' ὤμοις ὅλην πόλιν φέρων a whole city, E. Ph. 1131; ἐκπιεῖν ὅλον πίθον Id. Cyc. 217; ὅλους ἐκ κριβάνου βοῦς Ar. Ach. 85; λαβράκιον ὀπτᾶν ὅ. Antiph. 222.3, etc.; πόλεις ὅλαι whole, entire cities, Pl. Grg. 512b; ὅλη ἡ πόλις, the city as a whole, Id. R. 519e; ὅλους ποιητὰς ἐκμανθάνειν learn whole poets by heart, Id. Lg. 811a: it may either precede the Art. or follow the Subst., τῆς ἡμέρας ὅλης in the course of the whole day, X. An. 3.3.11; δι' ὅλης τῆς νυκτός ib. 4.2.4; ὅλην τὴν νύκτα or τὴν νύκτα ὅλην, Id. Cyr. 7.5.15, Men. 67.2, Pl. Smp. 219c; ὅ. τὸ δέρμα Men. 498; ἡ πόλις ὅ. Id. 882, etc.: less freq. between Art. and Subst., τὸν ὅ. ἀμφὶ χρόνον Pi. O. 2.30; ἡ ὅ. ἀδικία Pl. R. 344c; τὸ ὅ. πρόσωπον Id. Prt. 329e; τῇ ὅ. φάλαγγι X. An. 4.8.11: joined with εἷς, ἡμέρας.. οὐχ ὅλης μιᾶς S. Ph. 480; εἶδος ἓν ὅλον Pl. Ti. 56e; with πᾶς, ὅλην καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκίαν Id. Lg. 808a, cf. R. 486a; πρὸς τῷ διακινδυνεύειν ὅ. καὶ πᾶς ἦν Plb. 3.94.10 (so without πᾶς, οὕτως ἔκφρων ἦν καὶ ὅλος πρὸς τῷ λήμματι καὶ τῷ δωροδοκήματι, ὥστε.. D. 19.127); τὸ ὅ. αὐτοῖς ἦν καὶ τὸ πᾶν Ἀπελλῆς Plb. 5.26.5.

2. whole, i. e. safe and sound, ὑγιὴς καὶ ὅ. Lys. 6.12, cf. Pl. Men. 77a.

3. entire, utter, ὅ. ἁμάρτημα an utter blunder, X. HG 5.3.7; πλάσμα ὅ. ἐστὶν ἡ διαθήκη utter fiction, D. 45.29.

4. neut. as Adv., ὅλον or τὸ ὅ. wholly, entirely, διαφέρει ὅ. τε καὶ πᾶν Pl. Alc. 1.109b; διαφέρει ὅ. καὶ τὸ πᾶν Id. Lg. 944c; ὅλῳ καὶ παντί Id. Phd. 79e; τῷ ὅ. καὶ παντὶ διοίσει Id. R. 527c; τῷ παντὶ καὶ ὅ. Id. Lg. 734e; εἰς τὸ ὅ. Id. Plt. 302b: with a Pr, κατὰ ὅλον on the whole, generally, opp. ἀπολαβὼν μέρος τι, Id. R. 392d; so κατὰ ὅλου Id. Men. 77a; δι' ὅλου, καθ' ὅλου (v. διόλου, καθόλου); αἱ κράσεις δι' ὅλων Plu. 2.1078c, cf. 1078d: in this signf. also without a Pr, τὸ μὲν ὅ. generally speaking, Pl. Phdr. 261a, D. 44.11; τὸ δ' ὅ. and in general, in short, PTeb. 33.16 (ii B. C.); οὐδὲ Φιλόξενον ὅλ' ἐξ ὅλων εὗρον I have entirely failed to find P., POxy. 936.20 (iii A. D.).

5. = πᾶς, all, ὅλων στρατηγός S. Aj. 1105, cf. Men. Pk. 225, Nonn. D. 47.482, AP 5.216 (Paul. Sil.), 7.679 (Sophronius); ὅλη πόλις every city, LXX 1 Samuel 14:23; πρὸ τῶν ὅ. τὸ προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ before all things, PTeb. 418.4 (iii A. D.); ἀσπάζομαι.. πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ὅ. κατ' ὄνομα PLond. 2.404.15 (iv A. D.), cf. PIand. 13.20 (iv A. D.).

II

1. as Subst., τὸ ὅ. the universe, Pl. Grg. 508a, Ly. 214b, etc.; differing from τὸ πᾶν, as implying a definite order, Arist. Metaph. 1024a3, cf. Pl. Tht. 204a sq. (but as not including void, Placit. 2.1.7); also ἡ τῶν ὅ. τάξις X. Cyr. 8.7.22.

2. τὰ ὅ. one's all, τὰ ὅ. πεπρακέναι D. 18.28; τοῖς ὅ. ἡττᾶσθαι lose one's all, be utterly ruined, Id. 9.64; in full, τοῖς ὅ. πράγμασιν ἐσφαλμένος Plb. 18.33.1, etc.; τοῖς ὅ., = ὅλως, altogether, Philipp. ap. D. 18.39: with neg., not at all, Phld. Rh. 2.135S., Aristid. 2.274,304J.; τοῖς ὅ. ἠφάνισαν utterly destroyed it, PRyl. 152.14 (i A. D.), cf. Aristid. 2.262J.; κινδυνεύει τῷ ὅ. ἐξαρθῆναι there is a risk of its being entirely carried away, PRyl. 133.19 (i A. D.).

III

1. Adv. ὅλως (Dor. οὔλως Pempel. ap. Stob. 4.25.52) wholly, altogether, ὅ. σοφόν Pl. R. 568a; ἀλγοῦνθ' ὅ. Id. Phlb. 36a; ὅ. ψεύδεται he speaks utter falsehood, Isoc. 15.31, etc.

2. on the whole, speaking generally, in short, ὅ. δ' οὐδεὶς ἔστιν ὅντιν' οὐ πεφενάκικ' ἐκεῖνος D. 2.7, cf. 14,al.; διψῆν καὶ πεινῆν καὶ ὅ. τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Pl. R. 437b, cf. Cra. 406a; τί οὖν κωλύει πάντα ἀφῃρῆσθαι καὶ ὅ. τὴν πολιτείαν; D. 20.3; ὅ. εἰπεῖν Arist. Ph. 202b19, etc.

3. freq. with a neg. (first in Thgn. 73, s. v. l.), οὐχ ὅ. or ὅ. οὐ not at all, ὅ. μὴ διαλέγεσθαι X. Mem. 1.2.35; ὅ. οὔτ' ἀφελὼν οὔτε προσθείς D. 3.35; οὔτ' ἐλεῶν οὔθ' ὅ. ἄνθρωπον ἡγούμενος Id. 21.101, cf. 46; οὐδὲ εἷς ὅ. Men. 65.9; μὴ ὄντος ὅ. τοῦ Σωκράτους Arist. Cat. 13b19; μηδὲ ὅ. εἶναι τοὺς θεούς Luc. Tim. 10.

4. actually, really, καλῶς ποιήσεις ἐλθοῦσα.. πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἵνα ὅ. ἴδωμέν σε POxy. 1676.31 (iii A. D.); so perh. in 1 Corinthians 5:1. (ὅλ (ϝ) ος from I.- E. * sólwos, cf. Skt. sárvas 'whole', and perh. Lat. salus, salvus.)