ἀβέρβηλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀβύρβηλον (abúrbēlon)

Etymology

The variation points to a Pre-Greek word. Furnée compares Greek βύρβηλο (výrvilo, “abundance”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈβer.βi.lon/ → /aˈver.vi.lon/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈber.be̝.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈβer.βi.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈver.vi.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈver.vi.lon/

Adjective

ἀβέρβηλον • (abérbēlon)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: πολύ (polú, “much”), ἐπαχθές (epakhthés, “burdensome”), μέγα (méga, “big”), βαρύ (barú, “heavy”), ἀχάριστον (akháriston, “unpleasant”), μάταιον (mátaion, “vain, empty”).

Further reading

• “ἀβέρβηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀβέρβηλον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α