λιθολάβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) +‎ λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tʰo.lá.bos/ → /li.θoˈla.βos/ → /li.θoˈla.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tʰo.lá.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.tʰoˈla.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.θoˈla.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.θoˈla.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.θoˈla.vos/

Noun

λῐθολᾰ́βος • (litholábos) m (genitive λῐθολᾰ́βου); second declension

1. instrument for extracting stones

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῐθολᾰ́βος; τοῦ λῐθολᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῐθολᾰ́βος ho litholábos	τὼ λῐθολᾰ́βω tṑ litholábō	οἱ λῐθολᾰ́βοι hoi litholáboi
Genitive	τοῦ λῐθολᾰ́βου toû litholábou	τοῖν λῐθολᾰ́βοιν toîn litholáboin	τῶν λῐθολᾰ́βων tôn litholábōn
Dative	τῷ λῐθολᾰ́βῳ tôi litholábōi	τοῖν λῐθολᾰ́βοιν toîn litholáboin	τοῖς λῐθολᾰ́βοις toîs litholábois
Accusative	τὸν λῐθολᾰ́βον tòn litholábon	τὼ λῐθολᾰ́βω tṑ litholábō	τοὺς λῐθολᾰ́βους toùs litholábous
Vocative	λῐθολᾰ́βε litholábe	λῐθολᾰ́βω litholábō	λῐθολᾰ́βοι litholáboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: litholabe

Further reading

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