λιθολάβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /li.tʰo.lá.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /li.tʰoˈla.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /li.θoˈla.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /li.θoˈla.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.θoˈla.vos/
Noun
λῐθολᾰ́βος • (lĭtholắbos) m (genitive λῐθολᾰ́βου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λῐθολᾰ́βος ho lĭtholắbos |
τὼ λῐθολᾰ́βω tṑ lĭtholắbō |
οἱ λῐθολᾰ́βοι hoi lĭtholắboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐθολᾰ́βου toû lĭtholắbou |
τοῖν λῐθολᾰ́βοιν toîn lĭtholắboin |
τῶν λῐθολᾰ́βων tôn lĭtholắbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐθολᾰ́βῳ tōî lĭtholắbōi |
τοῖν λῐθολᾰ́βοιν toîn lĭtholắboin |
τοῖς λῐθολᾰ́βοις toîs lĭtholắbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λῐθολᾰ́βον tòn lĭtholắbon |
τὼ λῐθολᾰ́βω tṑ lĭtholắbō |
τοὺς λῐθολᾰ́βους toùs lĭtholắbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐθολᾰ́βε lĭtholắbe |
λῐθολᾰ́βω lĭtholắbō |
λῐθολᾰ́βοι lĭtholắboi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: litholabe
Further reading
- “λιθολάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λιθολάβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette