βώλινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βῶλος (bôlos, “lump, clod of earth”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̌ː.li.nos/ → /ˈβo.li.nos/ → /ˈvo.li.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔ̌ː.li.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.li.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.li.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.li.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.li.nos/

Adjective

βώλῐνος • (bṓlinos) m (feminine βωλῐ́νη, neuter βώλῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of clay, of brick

Inflection

First and second declension of βώλῐνος; βωλῐ́νη; βώλῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βώλῐνος bṓlinos	βωλῐ́νη bōlínē	βώλῐνον bṓlinon		βωλῐ́νω bōlínō	βωλῐ́νᾱ bōlínā	βωλῐ́νω bōlínō		βώλῐνοι bṓlinoi	βώλῐναι bṓlinai	βώλῐνᾰ bṓlina
Genitive		βωλῐ́νου bōlínou	βωλῐ́νης bōlínēs	βωλῐ́νου bōlínou		βωλῐ́νοιν bōlínoin	βωλῐ́ναιν bōlínain	βωλῐ́νοιν bōlínoin		βωλῐ́νων bōlínōn	βωλῐ́νων bōlínōn	βωλῐ́νων bōlínōn
Dative		βωλῐ́νῳ bōlínōi	βωλῐ́νῃ bōlínēi	βωλῐ́νῳ bōlínōi		βωλῐ́νοιν bōlínoin	βωλῐ́ναιν bōlínain	βωλῐ́νοιν bōlínoin		βωλῐ́νοις bōlínois	βωλῐ́ναις bōlínais	βωλῐ́νοις bōlínois
Accusative		βώλῐνον bṓlinon	βωλῐ́νην bōlínēn	βώλῐνον bṓlinon		βωλῐ́νω bōlínō	βωλῐ́νᾱ bōlínā	βωλῐ́νω bōlínō		βωλῐ́νους bōlínous	βωλῐ́νᾱς bōlínās	βώλῐνᾰ bṓlina
Vocative		βώλῐνε bṓline	βωλῐ́νη bōlínē	βώλῐνον bṓlinon		βωλῐ́νω bōlínō	βωλῐ́νᾱ bōlínā	βωλῐ́νω bōlínō		βώλῐνοι bṓlinoi	βώλῐναι bṓlinai	βώλῐνᾰ bṓlina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βωλῐ́νως bōlínōs				βωλῐνώτερος bōlinṓteros				βωλῐνώτᾰτος bōlinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βώλινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βώλινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette