ἄραβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The 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

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ra.bos/ → /ˈa.ra.βos/ → /ˈa.ra.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ra.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/

Noun

ἄρᾰβος • (árabos) m (genitive ἀρᾰ́βου); second declension

1. gnashing or chattering of teeth
2. (in general) rattling, ringing

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρᾰβος; τοῦ ἀρᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρᾰβέω (arabéō)

Further reading

• “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