παραβολᾶνοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An adaptation of the Latin parabolānī, the plural of parabolānus, itself ultimately from the Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́βολος (părắbolos, “hazardous, perilous”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.bo.lâː.noi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.boˈla.ny/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.βoˈla.ny/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.voˈla.ny/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.voˈla.ni/

Noun

πᾰρᾰβολᾶνοι • (părăbolânoi) m (genitive πᾰρᾰβολᾱ́νων); second declension

(only in the plural) parabalani, persons who risk their lives as nurses

Declension

Second declension of οἱ πᾰρᾰβολᾶνοι; τῶν πᾰρᾰβολᾱ́νων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ πᾰρᾰβολᾶνοι hoi părăbolânoi
Genitive	τῶν πᾰρᾰβολᾱ́νων tôn părăbolā́nōn
Dative	τοῖς πᾰρᾰβολᾱ́νοις toîs părăbolā́nois
Accusative	τοὺς πᾰρᾰβολᾱ́νους toùs părăbolā́nous
Vocative	πᾰρᾰβολᾶνοι părăbolânoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“παραβολᾶνοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
παραβολᾶνοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette