βόλβιτον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βόβλιτον (bóbliton), βόλβιθος (bólbithos), βόλβιτος (bólbitos), βόλβυθον (bólbuthon)

Etymology

According to Beekes, in view of the alternations and the suffix -ιτον, the word is probably Pre-Greek. Compare also βόλιτον (bóliton, “cow dung”). Close to Proto-Albanian *balgā (“dung”) (Albanian bajgë), which may be from the same substratum, but would point to Proto-Indo-European *bolgʷ- if inherited.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ból.bi.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbol.bi.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβol.βi.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.vi.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvol.vi.ton/

Noun

βόλβῐτον • (bólbĭton) n (genitive βολβῐ́του); second declension

cowpie, dung

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βόλβῐτον; τοῦ βολβῐ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βόλβῐτον tò bólbĭton	τὼ βολβῐ́τω tṑ bolbĭ́tō	τᾰ̀ βόλβῐτᾰ tằ bólbĭtă
Genitive	τοῦ βολβῐ́του toû bolbĭ́tou	τοῖν βολβῐ́τοιν toîn bolbĭ́toin	τῶν βολβῐ́των tôn bolbĭ́tōn
Dative	τῷ βολβῐ́τῳ tōî bolbĭ́tōi	τοῖν βολβῐ́τοιν toîn bolbĭ́toin	τοῖς βολβῐ́τοις toîs bolbĭ́tois
Accusative	τὸ βόλβῐτον tò bólbĭton	τὼ βολβῐ́τω tṑ bolbĭ́tō	τᾰ̀ βόλβῐτᾰ tằ bólbĭtă
Vocative	βόλβῐτον bólbĭton	βολβῐ́τω bolbĭ́tō	βόλβῐτᾰ bólbĭtă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

βολβιτόω (bolbitóō)
βολβιτώδης (bolbitṓdēs)