Ὀρέσβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.réz.bi.os/ → /oˈrez.βi.os/ → /oˈrez.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.réz.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈrez.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈrez.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈrez.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈrez.vi.os/

Proper noun

Ὀρέσβῐος • (Orésbios) m (genitive Ὀρεσβῐ́ου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Oresbius, a Boeotian slain by Hector

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Ὀρέσβῐος; τοῦ Ὀρεσβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀρέσβῐος ho Orésbios
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀρεσβῐ́ου toû Oresbíou
Dative	τῷ Ὀρεσβῐ́ῳ tôi Oresbíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὀρέσβῐον tòn Orésbion
Vocative	Ὀρέσβῐε Orésbie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ορέσβιος (Orésvios)
• Latin: Oresbius

References

• “Ὀρέσβιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ὀρέσβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette