ὀξύβαφον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ βάπτω (báptō, “to dip”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ok.sý.ba.pʰon/ → /okˈsy.βa.ɸon/ → /okˈsi.va.fon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ok.sý.ba.pʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.ba.pʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.βa.ɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /okˈsy.va.fon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /okˈsi.va.fon/

Noun

ὀξῠ́βᾰφον • (oxúbaphon) n (genitive ὀξῠβᾰ́φου); second declension

1. small vinegar saucer
2. shallow earthen vessel, saucer
3. (in the plural) kind of harmonica made of saucers, struck with a wooden hammer
4. fourth part of a cotyle

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὀξῠ́βᾰφον; τοῦ ὀξῠβᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀξῠ́βᾰφον tò oxúbaphon	τὼ ὀξῠβᾰ́φω tṑ oxubáphō	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ tà oxúbapha
Genitive	τοῦ ὀξῠβᾰ́φου toû oxubáphou	τοῖν ὀξῠβᾰ́φοιν toîn oxubáphoin	τῶν ὀξῠβᾰ́φων tôn oxubáphōn
Dative	τῷ ὀξῠβᾰ́φῳ tôi oxubáphōi	τοῖν ὀξῠβᾰ́φοιν toîn oxubáphoin	τοῖς ὀξῠβᾰ́φοις toîs oxubáphois
Accusative	τὸ ὀξῠ́βᾰφον tò oxúbaphon	τὼ ὀξῠβᾰ́φω tṑ oxubáphō	τᾰ̀ ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ tà oxúbapha
Vocative	ὀξῠ́βᾰφον oxúbaphon	ὀξῠβᾰ́φω oxubáphō	ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ oxúbapha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀξυβάφιον (oxubáphion)

References

• “ὀξύβαφον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀξύβαφον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀξύβαφον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette