λέμβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒄑𒈣 (eleppum, “wood boat, wooden ship, skiff”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
Noun
λέμβος • (lémbos) f (genitive λέμβου); second declension
- dinghy, cockboat
Declension
Second declension of ὁ, ἡ λέμβος; τοῦ, τῆς λέμβου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ λέμβος ho, hē lémbos | τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō | οἱ, αἱ λέμβοι hoi, hai lémboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς λέμβου toû, tês lémbou | τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin | τῶν λέμβων tôn lémbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ λέμβῳ tôi, têi lémbōi | τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin | τοῖς, ταῖς λέμβοις toîs, taîs lémbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν λέμβον tòn, tḕn lémbon | τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λέμβους toùs, tā̀s lémbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμβε lémbe | λέμβω lémbō | λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of ὁ, ἡ λέμβος; τοῦ, τῆς λέμβου (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ λέμβος ho, hē lémbos | τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō | οἱ, αἱ λέμβοι hoi, hai lémboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς λέμβου toû, tês lémbou | τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin | τῶν λέμβων tôn lémbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ λέμβῳ tôi, têi lémbōi | τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν λέμβοισῐ / λέμβοισῐν / λέμβοις toîsi(n) lémboisi(n) / lémbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν λέμβον tòn, tḕn lémbon | τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λέμβους toùs, tā̀s lémbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμβε lémbe | λέμβω lémbō | λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of λέμβος; λέμβου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | λέμβος lémbos | λέμβω lémbō | λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | λέμβου / λεμβοῖο / λέμβοιο / λεμβόο / λέμβοο lémbou / lemboîo / lémboio / lembóo / lémboo | λέμβοιῐν lémboiin | λέμβων lémbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | λέμβῳ lémbōi | λέμβοιῐν lémboiin | λέμβοισῐ / λέμβοισῐν / λέμβοις lémboisi(n) / lémbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | λέμβον lémbon | λέμβω lémbō | λέμβους lémbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέμβε lémbe | λέμβω lémbō | λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis,
- “λέμβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1974), “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 94, DOI:, page 149
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).
Noun
λέμβος • (lémvos) f (plural λέμβοι)
- dinghy, small boat, rowing boat
- passenger basket of balloon, airship gondola
Declension
declension of λέμβος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | λέμβος • | λέμβοι • |
genitive | λέμβου • | λέμβων • |
accusative | λέμβο • | λέμβους • |
vocative | λέμβε • λέμβο • | λέμβοι • |
Synonyms
(balloon basket): γόνδολα f (góndola, “gondola”)
Further reading
λέμβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el