λοβός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to hang loosely”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lo.bós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /loˈbos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /loˈβos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /loˈvos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /loˈvos/
Noun
λοβός • (lobós) m (genitive λοβοῦ); second declension
- (anatomy) lobe of the ear
- (anatomy) lobe of the liver
- (anatomy) lobe of the lung
- (botany) capsule or pod of leguminous plants
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λοβός; τοῦ λοβοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λοβός ho lobós | τὼ λοβώ tṑ lobṓ | οἱ λοβοί hoi loboí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λοβοῦ toû loboû | τοῖν λοβοῖν toîn loboîn | τῶν λοβῶν tôn lobôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λοβῷ tôi lobôi | τοῖν λοβοῖν toîn loboîn | τοῖς λοβοῖς toîs loboîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λοβόν tòn lobón | τὼ λοβώ tṑ lobṓ | τοὺς λοβούς toùs loboús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λοβέ lobé | λοβώ lobṓ | λοβοί loboí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λόβιον (lóbion)
- πρόλοβος (prólobos)
- ἐλλόβιον (ellóbion)
- ἐπιλοβίς (epilobís)
- ἀντιλόβιον (antilóbion)
Descendants
- English: lobus
- Italian: lobo
Further reading
- λοβός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λοβός 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λοβός m (lobós), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to hang loosely”).
Noun
λοβός • (lovós) m (plural λοβοί)
- lobe
Declension
declension of λοβός
singular | plural | |
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nominative | λοβός • | λοβοί • |
genitive | λοβού • | λοβών • |
accusative | λοβό • | λοβούς • |
vocative | λοβέ • | λοβοί • |