ἄρβηλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνάρβηλα (anárbēla)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.bɛː.los/ → /ˈar.βi.los/ → /ˈar.vi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.bɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.be̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.βi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.vi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.vi.los/

Noun

ἄρβηλος • (árbēlos) m (genitive ἀρβήλου); second declension

1. semicircular knife used by cobblers
2. (mathematics) geometrical figure contained by three semicircles with coincident diameters

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρβηλος; τοῦ ἀρβήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρβηλος ho árbēlos	τὼ ἀρβήλω tṑ arbḗlō	οἱ ἄρβηλοι hoi árbēloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρβήλου toû arbḗlou	τοῖν ἀρβήλοιν toîn arbḗloin	τῶν ἀρβήλων tôn arbḗlōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρβήλῳ tôi arbḗlōi	τοῖν ἀρβήλοιν toîn arbḗloin	τοῖς ἀρβήλοις toîs arbḗlois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρβηλον tòn árbēlon	τὼ ἀρβήλω tṑ arbḗlō	τοὺς ἀρβήλους toùs arbḗlous
Vocative	ἄρβηλε árbēle	ἀρβήλω arbḗlō	ἄρβηλοι árbēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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