βδελυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word is mostly explained as formed from βδέω (bdéō, “to break wind”) with a suffix "-λυ-", but this is hardly possible. The derivation of the adjective from βδέω (bdéō) is also not clear semantically. According to Beekes, it is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bde.ly.rós/ → /βðe.lyˈros/ → /vðe.liˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bde.ly.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bde.lyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βðe.lyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vðe.lyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vðe.liˈros/

Adjective

βδελῠρός • (bdelurós) m (feminine βδελῠρᾱ́, neuter βδελῠρόν); first/second declension

1. disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, blackguardly

Inflection

First and second declension of βδελῠρός; βδελῠρᾱ́; βδελῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βδελῠρός bdelurós	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelurā́	βδελῠρόν bdelurón		βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelurā́	βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ		βδελῠροί bdeluroí	βδελῠραί bdeluraí	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelurá
Genitive		βδελῠροῦ bdeluroû	βδελῠρᾶς bdelurâs	βδελῠροῦ bdeluroû		βδελῠροῖν bdeluroîn	βδελῠραῖν bdeluraîn	βδελῠροῖν bdeluroîn		βδελῠρῶν bdelurôn	βδελῠρῶν bdelurôn	βδελῠρῶν bdelurôn
Dative		βδελῠρῷ bdelurôi	βδελῠρᾷ bdelurâi	βδελῠρῷ bdelurôi		βδελῠροῖν bdeluroîn	βδελῠραῖν bdeluraîn	βδελῠροῖν bdeluroîn		βδελῠροῖς bdeluroîs	βδελῠραῖς bdeluraîs	βδελῠροῖς bdeluroîs
Accusative		βδελῠρόν bdelurón	βδελῠρᾱ́ν bdelurā́n	βδελῠρόν bdelurón		βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelurā́	βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ		βδελῠρούς bdeluroús	βδελῠρᾱ́ς bdelurā́s	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelurá
Vocative		βδελῠρέ bdeluré	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelurā́	βδελῠρόν bdelurón		βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelurā́	βδελῠρώ bdelurṓ		βδελῠροί bdeluroí	βδελῠραί bdeluraí	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βδελῠρῶς bdelurôs				βδελῠρώτερος bdelurṓteros				βδελῠρώτᾰτος bdelurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βδέλυγμα (bdélugma)
• βδελυγμία (bdelugmía)
• βδελυγμός (bdelugmós)
• βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)
• βδελύκτροπος (bdelúktropos)
• βδελυρεύομαι (bdelureúomai)
• βδελυρία (bdeluría)
• βδελύσσομαι (bdelússomai)
• βδελυχρός (bdelukhrós)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ Translingual: Pambdelurion
  • → English: pambdelurion

Further reading

• “βδελυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βδελυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βδελυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βδελυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βδελυρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208