γαῦλος

See also: γαυλός and Γαῦλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Phoenician, etymologically identical to the nomen vasis γαυλός (gaulós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡâu̯.los/ → /ˈɣa.βlos/ → /ˈɣa.vlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡâu̯.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.βlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.vlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.vlos/

Noun

γαῦλος • (gaûlos) m (genitive γαύλου); second declension

1. Phoenician merchant vessel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γαῦλος; τοῦ γαύλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γαῦλος ho gaûlos	τὼ γαύλω tṑ gaúlō	οἱ γαῦλοι hoi gaûloi
Genitive	τοῦ γαύλου toû gaúlou	τοῖν γαύλοιν toîn gaúloin	τῶν γαύλων tôn gaúlōn
Dative	τῷ γαύλῳ tôi gaúlōi	τοῖν γαύλοιν toîn gaúloin	τοῖς γαύλοις toîs gaúlois
Accusative	τὸν γαῦλον tòn gaûlon	τὼ γαύλω tṑ gaúlō	τοὺς γαύλους toùs gaúlous
Vocative	γαῦλε gaûle	γαύλω gaúlō	γαῦλοι gaûloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: gaulus

Further reading

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