κόναβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The ending recalls other sound words like ἄραβος (árabos), θόρυβος (thórubos) and ὄτοβος (ótobos). Furnée assumes a Pre-Greek origin, comparing καναχή (kanakhḗ, “clattering, rattling”), with the interchanges α/ο and χ/β.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.na.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.na.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.na.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.na.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.na.vos/

Noun

κόνᾰβος • (kónăbos) m (genitive κονᾰ́βου); second declension

din, clash, ringing

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόνᾰβος; τοῦ κονᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόνᾰβος ho kónăbos	τὼ κονᾰ́βω tṑ konắbō	οἱ κόνᾰβοι hoi kónăboi
Genitive	τοῦ κονᾰ́βου toû konắbou	τοῖν κονᾰ́βοιν toîn konắboin	τῶν κονᾰ́βων tôn konắbōn
Dative	τῷ κονᾰ́βῳ tōî konắbōi	τοῖν κονᾰ́βοιν toîn konắboin	τοῖς κονᾰ́βοις toîs konắbois
Accusative	τὸν κόνᾰβον tòn kónăbon	τὼ κονᾰ́βω tṑ konắbō	τοὺς κονᾰ́βους toùs konắbous
Vocative	κόνᾰβε kónăbe	κονᾰ́βω konắbō	κόνᾰβοι kónăboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κοναβέω (konabéō)
κοναβηδόν (konabēdón)
κοναβίζω (konabízō)