μεταβολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μεταβάλλω (metabállō, “to change”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/ → /me.ta.βoˈli/ → /me.ta.voˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ta.bo.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ta.boˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ta.βoˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ta.voˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ta.voˈli/

Noun

μετᾰβολή • (metabolḗ) f (genitive μετᾰβολῆς); first declension

1. change, mutation, transformation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μετᾰβολή; τῆς μετᾰβολῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μετᾰβολή hē metabolḗ	τὼ μετᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ metabolā́	αἱ μετᾰβολαί hai metabolaí
Genitive	τῆς μετᾰβολῆς tês metabolês	τοῖν μετᾰβολαῖν toîn metabolaîn	τῶν μετᾰβολῶν tôn metabolôn
Dative	τῇ μετᾰβολῇ têi metabolêi	τοῖν μετᾰβολαῖν toîn metabolaîn	ταῖς μετᾰβολαῖς taîs metabolaîs
Accusative	τὴν μετᾰβολήν tḕn metabolḗn	τὼ μετᾰβολᾱ́ tṑ metabolā́	τᾱ̀ς μετᾰβολᾱ́ς tā̀s metabolā́s
Vocative	μετᾰβολή metabolḗ	μετᾰβολᾱ́ metabolā́	μετᾰβολαί metabolaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μεταβολή (metavolí)

Further reading

• “μεταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μεταβολή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μεταβολή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alteration idem, page 25.
  • change idem, page 123.
  • departure idem, page 211.
  • fluctuation idem, page 330.
  • inversion idem, page 457.
  • reaction idem, page 675.
  • reversal idem, page 710.
  • revolution idem, page 711.
  • transformation idem, page 888.
  • transition idem, page 889.
  • turn idem, page 901.
  • turning idem, page 902.
  • variation idem, page 944.
  • variety idem, page 944.
  • vicissitude idem, page 950.