ἀστρολάβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) +‎ λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tro.lá.bos/ → /as.troˈla.βos/ → /as.troˈla.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tro.lá.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.vos/

Noun

ἀστρολᾰ́βος • (astrolábos) m (genitive ἀστρολᾰ́βου); second declension

1. armillary sphere
2. planisphere

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρολᾰ́βος; τοῦ ἀστρολᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρολᾰ́βος ho astrolábos	τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolábō	οἱ ἀστρολᾰ́βοι hoi astroláboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρολᾰ́βου toû astrolábou	τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astroláboin	τῶν ἀστρολᾰ́βων tôn astrolábōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρολᾰ́βῳ tôi astrolábōi	τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astroláboin	τοῖς ἀστρολᾰ́βοις toîs astrolábois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρολᾰ́βον tòn astrolábon	τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolábō	τοὺς ἀστρολᾰ́βους toùs astrolábous
Vocative	ἀστρολᾰ́βε astrolábe	ἀστρολᾰ́βω astrolábō	ἀστρολᾰ́βοι astroláboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀστρολάβιον (astrolábion)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb)
• → English: astrolabe
• → French: astrolabe

Further reading

• “ἀστρολάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀστρολάβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστρολάβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)