γαβαθόν
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A Semitic origin has been assumed but Beekes doesn't dismiss a derivation from Pre-Greek, comparing the word with γάβενα (gábena) and κάβος (kábos). See also Latin gabata and Byzantine Greek γαβάθα (gabátha).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡa.ba.tʰón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡa.baˈtʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣa.βaˈθon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣa.vaˈθon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣa.vaˈθon/
Noun edit
γαβαθόν • (gabathón)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: τρύβλιον (trúblion, “cup, bowl”).
References edit
- “γαβαθόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαβαθόν in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: γ