τετρασύλλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τετρᾰ- (tetră-, “four”) +‎ σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.tra.sýl.la.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsi.la.vos/

Adjective

τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος • (tetrăsŭ́llăbos) m or f (neuter τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον); second declension

of four syllables
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Dream or The Cock 29

Inflection

Second declension of τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος; τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος tetrăsŭ́llăbos	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι tetrăsŭ́llăboi	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Genitive	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου tetrăsŭllắbou	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου tetrăsŭllắbou	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων tetrăsŭllắbōn	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων tetrăsŭllắbōn
Dative	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ tetrăsŭllắbōi	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ tetrăsŭllắbōi	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις tetrăsŭllắbois	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις tetrăsŭllắbois
Accusative	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βους tetrăsŭllắbous	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Vocative	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβε tetrăsŭ́llăbe	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι tetrăsŭ́llăboi	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως tetrăsŭllắbōs		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰβώτερος tetrăsŭllăbṓteros		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰβώτᾰτος tetrăsŭllăbṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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