λώβηξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Furnée compares the word with λούπης (loúpēs, “kite”), suggesting a Pre-Greek root in view of the interchange β/π.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɔ̌ː.bɛːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlo.be̝ks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlo.βiks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlo.viks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlo.viks/
Noun edit
λώβηξ • (lṓbēx) m (genitive λώβηκος); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λώβηξ ho lṓbēx |
τὼ λώβηκε tṑ lṓbēke |
οἱ λώβηκες hoi lṓbēkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λώβηκος toû lṓbēkos |
τοῖν λωβήκοιν toîn lōbḗkoin |
τῶν λωβήκων tôn lōbḗkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λώβηκῐ tôi lṓbēki |
τοῖν λωβήκοιν toîn lōbḗkoin |
τοῖς λώβηξῐ / λώβηξῐν toîs lṓbēxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λώβηκᾰ tòn lṓbēka |
τὼ λώβηκε tṑ lṓbēke |
τοὺς λώβηκᾰς toùs lṓbēkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λώβηξ lṓbēx |
λώβηκε lṓbēke |
λώβηκες lṓbēkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- 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