θόρυβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes from Pre-Greek. See [].
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰó.ry.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰo.ry.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθo.ry.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθo.ry.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθo.ri.vos/
Noun
θόρῠβος • (thórubos) m (genitive θορῠ́βου); second declension
(Attic, Ionic)
- noise, especially of a crowd of people: uproar, clamor
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92.7:
- ἦν δὲ θόρυβος πολὺς καὶ ἐκπληκτικός
- ên dè thórubos polùs kaì ekplēktikós
- there was a loud and astounding uproar
- ἦν δὲ θόρυβος πολὺς καὶ ἐκπληκτικός
- 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1263:
- τίς αὖ παρ’ ἄντροις θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς;
- tís aû par’ ántrois thórubos hístatai boês?
- 1932 translation by Sir Richard C. Jebb
- What is this sound of shouting near my cave?
- τίς αὖ παρ’ ἄντροις θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς;
- 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 546:
- ἦν δ’ ἂν ἡ πόλις πλέα / θορύβου στρατιωτῶν
- ên d’ àn hē pólis pléa / thorúbou stratiōtôn
- the city would be full of the noise of soldiers
- ἦν δ’ ἂν ἡ πόλις πλέα / θορύβου στρατιωτῶν
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Aetia Oxy..2079.30
- tumult, confusion, trouble
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.181.1:
- ἡ δὲ Αἰγιναίη, τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε Ἀσωνίδης, καὶ τινά σφι θόρυβον παρέσχε
- hē dè Aiginaíē, tês etriērárkhee Asōnídēs, kaì tiná sphi thórubon paréskhe
- The Aeginetan trireme, of which Asonides was captain, did however give them some trouble.
- ἡ δὲ Αἰγιναίη, τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε Ἀσωνίδης, καὶ τινά σφι θόρυβον παρέσχε
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.104:
- οἱ Ἀμφιπολῖται ἐς θόρυβον μέγαν κατέστησαν
- hoi Amphipolîtai es thórubon mégan katéstēsan
- The people of Amphipolis were put into great confusion
- οἱ Ἀμφιπολῖται ἐς θόρυβον μέγαν κατέστησαν
Declension
Second declension of ὁ θόρῠβος; τοῦ θορῠ́βου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θόρῠβος ho thórubos | τὼ θορῠ́βω tṑ thorúbō | οἱ θόρῠβοι hoi thóruboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θορῠ́βου toû thorúbou | τοῖν θορῠ́βοιν toîn thorúboin | τῶν θορῠ́βων tôn thorúbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θορῠ́βῳ tôi thorúbōi | τοῖν θορῠ́βοιν toîn thorúboin | τοῖς θορῠ́βοις toîs thorúbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θόρῠβον tòn thórubon | τὼ θορῠ́βω tṑ thorúbō | τοὺς θορῠ́βους toùs thorúbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | θόρῠβε thórube | θορῠ́βω thorúbō | θόρῠβοι thóruboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θορῠβᾰ́ζομαι (thorubázomai)
- θορῠβέω (thorubéō)
- θορῠβητῐκός (thorubētikós)
- θορῠβοποιός (thorubopoiós)
- θορῠβώδης (thorubṓdēs)
References
- θόρυβος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Noun
θόρυβος • (thóryvos) m (plural θόρυβοι)
- noise, racket
- (figuratively) commotion, stir
Declension
declension of θόρυβος
singular | plural | |
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nominative | θόρυβος • | θόρυβοι • |
genitive | θορύβου • | θορύβων • |
accusative | θόρυβο • | θορύβους • |
vocative | θόρυβε • | θόρυβοι • |
Related terms
- θορυβώ (thoryvó, “to alarm; to make a noise”)
- θορυβώδης (thoryvódis, “noisy”)
Further reading
θόρυβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el