καράβιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καράβιν (karábin) — Byzantine

Etymology

From κάραβος (kárabos, “a small boat”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaː.rá.bi.on/ → /kaˈra.βi.on/ → /kaˈra.vi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kaː.rá.bi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.bi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.βi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.vi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.vi.on/

Noun

κᾱρᾰ́βῐον • (kārábion) n (genitive κᾱρᾰβῐ́ον); second declension

1. Diminutive of κάραβος (kárabos, “a small boat”)
2. (Byzantine) ship

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον; τοῦ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον tò kārábion	τὼ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ kārabíō	τᾰ̀ κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ tà kārábia
Genitive	τοῦ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ου toû kārabíou	τοῖν κᾱρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn kārabíoin	τῶν κᾱρᾰβῐ́ων tôn kārabíōn
Dative	τῷ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ῳ tôi kārabíōi	τοῖν κᾱρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn kārabíoin	τοῖς κᾱρᾰβῐ́οις toîs kārabíois
Accusative	τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον tò kārábion	τὼ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ kārabíō	τᾰ̀ κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ tà kārábia
Vocative	κᾱρᾰ́βῐον kārábion	κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω kārabíō	κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ kārábia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καράβι (karávi)
• Mariupol Greek: кара́в (karáv), кара́ви (karávi), кара́вь (karávʹ)
• Pontic Greek: καράβι (karávi), καράβιν (karávin), καράβ' (karáv')
  • → Laz: კარავი (ǩaravi)
• Tsakonian: καράβι (karávi), καράδι (karádi), καράιδι (karáidi), καβάβι (kavávi)
• → Aromanian: cãravi, cãrave, cãradi
• → Proto-Slavic: *korabľь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “καράβιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καράβιν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften