κλωβός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κλουβός (kloubós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Semitic. Compare Hebrew כְּלוּב (kluv), Arabic كَلْبِشْ (kalbiš) and Old Armenian կողով (kołov).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κλωβός • (klōbós) m (genitive κλωβοῦ); second declension

  1. birdcage

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κλωβός; τοῦ κλωβοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κλωβός
ho klōbós 		τὼ κλωβώ
tṑ klōbṓ 		οἱ κλωβοί
hoi klōboí
Genitive τοῦ κλωβοῦ
toû klōboû 		τοῖν κλωβοῖν
toîn klōboîn 		τῶν κλωβῶν
tôn klōbôn
Dative τῷ κλωβῷ
tōî klōbōî 		τοῖν κλωβοῖν
toîn klōboîn 		τοῖς κλωβοῖς
toîs klōboîs
Accusative τὸν κλωβόν
tòn klōbón 		τὼ κλωβώ
tṑ klōbṓ 		τοὺς κλωβούς
toùs klōboús
Vocative κλωβέ
klōbé 		κλωβώ
klōbṓ 		κλωβοί
klōboí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κλωβίον (klōbíon)

Descendants

  • Greek: κλωβός (klovós)

Further reading

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