ἀττέλαβος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀττάλαβος (attálabos), ἀττέλεβος (attélebos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -βος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /at.té.la.bos/ → /atˈte.la.βos/ → /aˈte.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /at.té.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /atˈte.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /atˈte.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /atˈte.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈte.la.vos/

Noun

ἀττέλᾰβος • (attélabos) m (genitive ἀττελᾰ́βου); second declension

1. locust

   Synonym: ἀκρίς (akrís)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀττέλᾰβος; τοῦ ἀττελᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀττέλᾰβος ho attélabos	τὼ ἀττελᾰ́βω tṑ attelábō	οἱ ἀττέλᾰβοι hoi attélaboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀττελᾰ́βου toû attelábou	τοῖν ἀττελᾰ́βοιν toîn atteláboin	τῶν ἀττελᾰ́βων tôn attelábōn
Dative	τῷ ἀττελᾰ́βῳ tôi attelábōi	τοῖν ἀττελᾰ́βοιν toîn atteláboin	τοῖς ἀττελᾰ́βοις toîs attelábois
Accusative	τὸν ἀττέλᾰβον tòn attélabon	τὼ ἀττελᾰ́βω tṑ attelábō	τοὺς ἀττελᾰ́βους toùs attelábous
Vocative	ἀττέλᾰβε attélabe	ἀττελᾰ́βω attelábō	ἀττέλᾰβοι attélaboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀττελεβόφθαλμος (attelebóphthalmos)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Attelabus

Further reading

• “ἀττέλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀττέλαβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀττέλαβος 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