βόρβορος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably of onomatopoeic origin. A connection with Armenian կորկ (kork, “dirt”) remains very doubtful. Saycc saw a Hittite loanword in it, from [script needed] (pūrpura, “ball, lump; ball-shaped cakes”), which however does not fit either semantically nor phonologically.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bór.bo.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbor.bo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβor.βo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvor.vo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvor.vo.ros/
Noun
βόρβορος • (bórboros) m (genitive βορβόρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βόρβορος ho bórboros |
τὼ βορβόρω tṑ borbórō |
οἱ βόρβοροι hoi bórboroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βορβόρου toû borbórou |
τοῖν βορβόροιν toîn borbóroin |
τῶν βορβόρων tôn borbórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βορβόρῳ tōî borbórōi |
τοῖν βορβόροιν toîn borbóroin |
τοῖς βορβόροις toîs borbórois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βόρβορον tòn bórboron |
τὼ βορβόρω tṑ borbórō |
τοὺς βορβόρους toùs borbórous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βόρβορε bórbore |
βορβόρω borbórō |
βόρβοροι bórboroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βορβορῐ́ζω (borborĭ́zō)
- βορβορόω (borboróō)
References
Further reading
- “βόρβορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βόρβορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βόρβορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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