Ὑπέρβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pér.bo.los/ → /yˈper.βo.los/ → /iˈper.vo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pér.bo.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈper.bo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈper.βo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈper.vo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈper.vo.los/

Proper noun

Ῠ̔πέρβολος • (Hupérbolos) m (genitive Ῠ̔περβόλου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hyperbolus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῠ̔πέρβολος; τοῦ Ῠ̔περβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔πέρβολος ho Hupérbolos
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔περβόλου toû Huperbólou
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔περβόλῳ tôi Huperbólōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔πέρβολον tòn Hupérbolon
Vocative	Ῠ̔πέρβολε Hupérbole
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Υπέρβολος (Ypérvolos)
• → Latin: Hyperbolus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013