Στράβων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στραβός (strabós, “squint-eyed”) + -ων (-ōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /strá.bɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈstra.bon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈstra.βon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈstra.von/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈstra.von/
Proper noun
Στράβων • (Strábōn) m (genitive Στράβωνος); third declension
- Strabo (Greek geographer, philosopher and historian (64/63 BC–c.24 AD))
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Στρᾰ́βων ho Strắbōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Στρᾰ́βωνος toû Strắbōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Στρᾰ́βωνῐ tōî Strắbōnĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Στρᾰ́βωνᾰ tòn Strắbōnă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Στρᾰ́βων Strắbōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Στράβων (Strávon)
- → Armenian: Ստրաբոն (Strabon)
- → Latin: Strabō (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: Страбо́н (Strabón)
Further reading
- Στράβων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Στράβων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011