διάβολος
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From διαβάλλω (diabállō, “I slander”, from δια- (dia-, “through”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.βo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.vo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.vo.los/
Adjective edit
δῐᾰ́βολος • (diábolos) m or f (neuter δῐᾰ́βολον); second declension
Inflection edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐᾰ́βολος diábolos |
δῐᾰ́βολον diábolon |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι diáboloi |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ diábola | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐᾰβόλου diabólou |
δῐᾰβόλου diabólou |
δῐᾰβόλοιν diabóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοιν diabóloin |
δῐᾰβόλων diabólōn |
δῐᾰβόλων diabólōn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐᾰβόλῳ diabólōi |
δῐᾰβόλῳ diabólōi |
δῐᾰβόλοιν diabóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοιν diabóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοις diabólois |
δῐᾰβόλοις diabólois | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐᾰ́βολον diábolon |
δῐᾰ́βολον diábolon |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰβόλους diabólous |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ diábola | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́βολε diábole |
δῐᾰ́βολον diábolon |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι diáboloi |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ diábola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐᾰβόλως diabólōs |
δῐᾰβολώτερος diabolṓteros |
δῐᾰβολώτᾰτος diabolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- διαβόλως (diabólōs)
Noun edit
δῐᾰ́βολος • (diábolos) m (genitive δῐᾰβόλου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰ́βολος ho diábolos |
τὼ δῐᾰβόλω tṑ diabólō |
οἱ δῐᾰ́βολοι hoi diáboloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰβόλου toû diabólou |
τοῖν δῐᾰβόλοιν toîn diabóloin |
τῶν δῐᾰβόλων tôn diabólōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δῐᾰβόλῳ tôi diabólōi |
τοῖν δῐᾰβόλοιν toîn diabóloin |
τοῖς δῐᾰβόλοις toîs diabólois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰ́βολον tòn diábolon |
τὼ δῐᾰβόλω tṑ diabólō |
τοὺς δῐᾰβόλους toùs diabólous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐᾰ́βολε diábole |
δῐᾰβόλω diabólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι diáboloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: διάβολος (diávolos)
- →? Arabic: إبليس (ʔiblīs)
- → Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ (diabolos)
- → Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 (diabaulus), 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌻𐌰 (diabula)
- → Latin: diabolus (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Church Slavonic: диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), дїаволъ (diavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), дьѣволъ (dĭěvolŭ)
- → Old East Slavic: диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- →? Istriot: giavo
Further reading edit
- “διάβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- διάβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “διάβολος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abusive idem, page 5.
- calumnious idem, page 110.
- defamatory idem, page 203.
- disparaging idem, page 236.
- opprobrious idem, page 577.
- scandalous idem, page 737.
- scurrilous idem, page 743.
- slanderous idem, page 782.
- διάβολος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
διάβολος • (diávolos) m (plural διάβολοι)
- (both figurative and literally) The Devil, devil.
- Ο διάβολος ζει στην κόλαση.
- O diávolos zei stin kólasi.
- The Devil lives in Hell.
- Μια χαρά ήμασταν και τότε ήρθε αυτός ο διάβολος.
- Mia chará ímastan kai tóte írthe aftós o diávolos.
- We were fine and this devil came along.
- Βρε, τον διάβολο, κανείς δεν μπορεί να τον πιάσει.
- Vre, ton diávolo, kaneís den boreí na ton piásei.
- That (little) devil, no one can catch him.
- (both figurative and literally, by extension) Hell, hell, underworld, hellhole
- Θα πας στον διάβολο!
- Tha pas ston diávolo!
- You'll go to hell!
- Τι θέλεις και πας σ’ αυτόν τον διάβολο;
- Ti théleis kai pas s’ aftón ton diávolo;
- Why are you going to that hellhole?
Declension edit
declension of διάβολος
Synonyms edit
- διάτανος m (diátanos)
- Σατανάς m (Satanás, “Satan”)
- Βελζεβούλ m (Velzevoúl, “Beelzebub”)
- Εωσφόρος m (Eosfóros, “Lucifer”)
- Μεφιστοφελής m (Mefistofelís, “Mephistopheles”)
- τρισκατάρατος m (triskatáratos, “devil”) (euphemism)
- εξαποδώς m (exapodós, “devil”) (euphemism)
- κόλαση f (kólasi, “Hell”)
- αγύριστος m (agýristos, “Hell”)
Derived terms edit
- διαβολάκι n (diavoláki),διαολάκι n (diaoláki) (diminutive)
- διαβολάκος m (diavolákos) (diminutive)
- διαβολεμένος (diavoleménos)
- διαβολοκόριτσο n (diavolokóritso)
- διαβολοσκορπίσματα n (diavoloskorpísmata) (mostly in plural)
- διαόλια n pl (diaólia)
- διαολοστέλνω (diaolostélno)
- δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος, γαμούσε τα παιδιά του (douleiá den eíche o diávolos, gamoúse ta paidiá tou, “the devil makes work for idle hands”) (literally: the devil didn't have anything to do, so he was fucking his children)
- δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος και έπνιγε τα παιδιά του (douleiá den eíche o diávolos kai épnige ta paidiá tou, “the devil makes work for idle hands”) (literally: the devil didn't have anything to do and so he was drowning his children)
- and see: διαβολο-, διαβολό-, διαβολ-, διαολό-, διαολο-
Related terms edit
- άντε στο διάολο (ánte sto diáolo, “go to hell”) (also formed with διάβολο)
- α στο διάολο (a sto diáolo, “go to hell”) (also formed with άι)
- άντε στο διάλο (ánte sto diálo, “go to hell”)
- α στο διάλο (a sto diálo, “go to hell”)
- and see: άντε (ánte) for interchangeable interjections combined with διάβολο or διάολο or διάλο
- διάβολε (interjection)
- να πάρει ο διάβολος (na párei o diávolos)
Further reading edit
- διάβολος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el