ὄτοβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic with a suffix like in θόρυβος (thórubos) and κόναβος (kónabos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.to.bos/ → /ˈo.to.βos/ → /ˈo.to.vos/

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

Noun

ὄτοβος • (ótobos) m (genitive ὀτόβου); second declension

1. any loud noise, as the din of battle
2. rattling of chariots
3. crash of thunder

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄτοβος; τοῦ ὀτόβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄτοβος ho ótobos	τὼ ὀτόβω tṑ otóbō	οἱ ὄτοβοι hoi ótoboi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀτόβου toû otóbou	τοῖν ὀτόβοιν toîn otóboin	τῶν ὀτόβων tôn otóbōn
Dative	τῷ ὀτόβῳ tôi otóbōi	τοῖν ὀτόβοιν toîn otóboin	τοῖς ὀτόβοις toîs otóbois
Accusative	τὸν ὄτοβον tòn ótobon	τὼ ὀτόβω tṑ otóbō	τοὺς ὀτόβους toùs otóbous
Vocative	ὄτοβε ótobe	ὀτόβω otóbō	ὄτοβοι ótoboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀτοβέω (otobéō)

Further reading

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