μάνδαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Technical word in -αλο- without etymology. The formation can hardly be Indo-European. Unrelated is ἀμάνδαλον (amándalon, “invisible”), in view of the divergent meanings.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mán.da.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈman.da.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈman.da.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈman.da.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈman.da.los/
Noun
μᾰ́νδᾰλος • (mándalos) m (genitive μᾰνδᾰ́λου); second declension
- bolt of a door
- Synonym: βᾰ́λᾰνος (bálanos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μᾰ́νδᾰλος; τοῦ μᾰνδᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰ́νδᾰλος ho mándalos | τὼ μᾰνδᾰ́λω tṑ mandálō | οἱ μᾰ́νδᾰλοι hoi mándaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰνδᾰ́λου toû mandálou | τοῖν μᾰνδᾰ́λοιν toîn mandáloin | τῶν μᾰνδᾰ́λων tôn mandálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰνδᾰ́λῳ tôi mandálōi | μᾰνδᾰ́λοιν mandáloin | τοῖς μᾰνδᾰ́λοις toîs mandálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰ́νδᾰλον tòn mándalon | μᾰνδᾰ́λω mandálō | τοὺς μᾰνδᾰ́λους toùs mandálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰ́νδᾰλε mándale | μᾰνδᾰ́λω mandálō | μᾰ́νδᾰλοι mándaloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μᾰνδᾰλόω (mandalóō)
- μᾰνδᾰλωτός (mandalōtós)
Further reading
- μάνδαλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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, →ISBN