ἄραβος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe formation is similar to θόρυβος (thórubos) and κόναβος (kónabos). Perhaps onomatopoeic, but Furnée compares ἀροπῆσαι (aropêsai, “to tread”), which points to Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ra.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/
Noun
editἄρᾰβος • (árabos) m (genitive ἀρᾰ́βου); second declension
- gnashing or chattering of teeth
- (in general) rattling, ringing
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἄρᾰβος ho árabos |
τὼ ἀρᾰ́βω tṑ arábō |
οἱ ἄρᾰβοι hoi áraboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρᾰ́βου toû arábou |
τοῖν ἀρᾰ́βοιν toîn aráboin |
τῶν ἀρᾰ́βων tôn arábōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρᾰ́βῳ tôi arábōi |
τοῖν ἀρᾰ́βοιν toîn aráboin |
τοῖς ἀρᾰ́βοις toîs arábois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἄρᾰβον tòn árabon |
τὼ ἀρᾰ́βω tṑ arábō |
τοὺς ἀρᾰ́βους toùs arábous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄρᾰβε árabe |
ἀρᾰ́βω arábō |
ἄρᾰβοι áraboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀρᾰβέω (arabéō)
Further reading
edit- “ἄραβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄραβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄραβος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄραβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄραβος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄραβος 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
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- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
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- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension