ἄβολος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from ἀ- (a-, “un-, not”) + βολή (bolḗ, “throw, cast of dice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.βo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.vo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.vo.los/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́βολος • (ábolos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́βολον); second declension
- (of a young horse) that has not shed his foal-teeth
- (of an old horse) that no longer sheds them
Inflection
Second declension of ᾰ̓́βολος; ᾰ̓́βολον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́βολος ábolos | ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓́βολοι áboloi | ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓βόλου abólou | ᾰ̓βόλου abólou | ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin | ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin | ᾰ̓βόλων abólōn | ᾰ̓βόλων abólōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓βόλῳ abólōi | ᾰ̓βόλῳ abólōi | ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin | ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin | ᾰ̓βόλοις abólois | ᾰ̓βόλοις abólois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon | ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓βόλους abólous | ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́βολε ábole | ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓βόλω abólō | ᾰ̓́βολοι áboloi | ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓βόλως abólōs | ᾰ̓βολώτερος abolṓteros | ᾰ̓βολώτᾰτος abolṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄβολα (ábola)
Further reading
- ἄβολος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)