βολβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    An onomatopoeic term with syllable reduplication; similar words are found in other languages including Indo-European ones, such as Latin bulla (“water bubble”) and Latvian burbulis (“water bubble”). Note also Armenian բողկ (boġk, “radish”), Sanskrit बल्बज (balbaja, “Indian goosegrass”), and Albanian bajgë.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    βολβός • (bolbós) m (genitive βολβοῦ); second declension

    1. (botany) bulb of various plants, especially onion
    2. tassel hyacinth (Muscari comosum)
      Synonym: ἀγριοκρόμμυον (agriokrómmuon)
    3. (anatomy) eyeball

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ βολβός; τοῦ βολβοῦ (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ βολβός
    ho bolbós     		τὼ βολβώ
    tṑ bolbṓ     		οἱ βολβοί
    hoi bolboí
    Genitive τοῦ βολβοῦ
    toû bolboû     		τοῖν βολβοῖν
    toîn bolboîn     		τῶν βολβῶν
    tôn bolbôn
    Dative τῷ βολβῷ
    tōî bolbōî     		τοῖν βολβοῖν
    toîn bolboîn     		τοῖς βολβοῖς
    toîs bolboîs
    Accusative τὸν βολβόν
    tòn bolbón     		τὼ βολβώ
    tṑ bolbṓ     		τοὺς βολβούς
    toùs bolboús
    Vocative βολβέ
    bolbé     		βολβώ
    bolbṓ     		βολβοί
    bolboí
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • βολβάριον (bolbárion)
    • βολβίνη (bolbínē)
    • βολβίον (bolbíon)
    • βολβίσκος (bolbískos)
    • βολβοειδής (bolboeidḗs)
    • βολβοκάστανον (bolbokástanon)
    • βολβοφακῆ (bolbophakê)
    • βολβώδης (bolbṓdēs)
    • βολβωρυχέω (bolbōrukhéō)

    Descendants

    • Greek: βολβός (volvós)
    • → Latin: bulbus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βολβός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós).

    Noun

    βολβός • (volvós) m (plural βολβοί)

    1. bulb (daffodil, crocus, etc)
    2. bulb (swollen root of these plants)

    Declension

    Declension of βολβός
    singular plural
    nominative βολβός (volvós) βολβοί (volvoí)
    genitive βολβού (volvoú) βολβών (volvón)
    accusative βολβό (volvó) βολβούς (volvoús)
    vocative βολβέ (volvé) βολβοί (volvoí)
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