Ἄβιλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾabal- (“verdant growth”), compare Hebrew אָבֵל (ʾāḇēl, “meadow”) and Arabic أَبَلَ (ʔabala, “to grow green”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.βi.la/ → /ˈa.vi.la/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βi.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.la/

Proper noun

Ἄβιλα • (Ábila) n (genitive Ἄβίλων); second declension

1. Abila (an ancient city in the Decapolis, situated between Gadara and Capitolias in modern Jordan).

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ἄβιλᾰ; τῶν Ἀβίλων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Ἄβιλᾰ tà Ábila
Genitive	τῶν Ἀβίλων tôn Abílōn
Dative	τοῖς Ἀβίλοις toîs Abílois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Ἄβιλᾰ tà Ábila
Vocative	Ἄβιλᾰ Ábila
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀβιληνή (Abilēnḗ)

Descendants

• Latin: Abila

References

• Ἄβιλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette