ἠβαιός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Leumann, it arose by false split from οὐ δή βαιόν (ou dḗ baión). A prefix ἠ- (ē-) is improbable.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛː.bai̯.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e̝.bɛˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.βɛˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.veˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.veˈos/
Adjective
ἠβαιός • (ēbaiós) m (feminine ἠβαιᾱ́, neuter ἠβαιόν); first/second declension
- little, small
- Synonyms: βαιός (baiós), μῑκρός (mīkrós), τῠτθός (tutthós)
Declension
First and second declension of ἠβαιός; ἠβαιᾱ́; ἠβαιόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἠβαιός ēbaiós | ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́ | ἠβαιόν ēbaión | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́ | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιοί ēbaioí | ἠβαιαί ēbaiaí | ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá | |||||
Genitive | ἠβαιοῦ ēbaioû | ἠβαιᾶς ēbaiâs | ἠβαιοῦ ēbaioû | ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn | ἠβαιαῖν ēbaiaîn | ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn | ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn | ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn | ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn | |||||
Dative | ἠβαιῷ ēbaiôi | ἠβαιᾷ ēbaiâi | ἠβαιῷ ēbaiôi | ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn | ἠβαιαῖν ēbaiaîn | ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn | ἠβαιοῖς ēbaioîs | ἠβαιαῖς ēbaiaîs | ἠβαιοῖς ēbaioîs | |||||
Accusative | ἠβαιόν ēbaión | ἠβαιᾱ́ν ēbaiā́n | ἠβαιόν ēbaión | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́ | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιούς ēbaioús | ἠβαιᾱ́ς ēbaiā́s | ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá | |||||
Vocative | ἠβαιέ ēbaié | ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́ | ἠβαιόν ēbaión | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́ | ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ | ἠβαιοί ēbaioí | ἠβαιαί ēbaiaí | ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἠβαιόν ēbaión | ἠβαιότερος ēbaióteros | ἠβαιότᾰτος ēbaiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἠβαιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἠβαιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἠβαιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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