στάβλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στάβλος (stáblos)
• σταῦλον (staûlon), σταῦλος (staûlos) — Byzantine

Etymology

From Late Latin stablum, from Classical Latin stabulum, from Proto-Italic *staθlom, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stá.blon/ → /ˈsta.βlon/ → /ˈsta.vlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stá.blon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.blon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.βlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.vlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.vlon/

Noun

στάβλον • (stáblon) n (genitive στάβλου); second declension (Koine)

1. stable
2. posting station

Declension

Second declension of τὸ στᾰ́βλον; τοῦ στᾰ́βλου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στᾰ́βλον tò stắblon	τᾰ̀ στᾰ́βλᾰ tằ stắblă
Genitive	τοῦ στᾰ́βλου toû stắblou	τῶν στᾰ́βλων tôn stắblōn
Dative	τῷ στᾰ́βλῳ tôi stắblōi	τοῖς στᾰ́βλοις toîs stắblois
Accusative	τὸ στᾰ́βλον tò stắblon	τᾰ̀ στᾰ́βλᾰ tằ stắblă
Vocative	στᾰ́βλον stắblon	στᾰ́βλᾰ stắblă

Descendants

• Greek: στάβλος (stávlos), σταύλος (stávlos)
• → Arabic: إِصْطَبْل (ʔiṣṭabl), إِسْطَبْل (ʔisṭabl)
  • → Persian: اصطبل (establ)
    • → Gujarati: અસ્તબલ (astabal)
    • → Hindi: अस्तबल (astabal)
    • → Urdu: اصطبل (astabal)
• Jewish Literary Aramaic: אצטבלא (ʾiṣṭablā), אסטבלא (ʾisṭablā), אסטוולא (ʾisṭawlā), אסטיולון (ʾisṭayəwlōn)
• Classical Syriac: ܐܨܛܒܠܐ (ʾeṣṭablā), ܐܣܛܒܠܐ (ʾesṭablā), ܐܣܛܒܠܝܢ (ʾesṭablīn), ܐܣܛܒܠܘܢ (ʾesṭablōn)

Further reading

• στάβλον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “στάβλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press