ἀρραβών

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

A loanword from Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”), or from a common third source, probably Semitic.[1]

Alternative forms

  • ἀραβών (arabṓn)

Noun

ἀρρᾰβών • (arrhăbṓn) m (genitive ἀρρᾰβῶνος); third declension

  1. earnest money, caution money
  2. (in general) earnest, pledge
  3. present, bribe
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἀρρᾰβών; τοῦ ἀρρᾰβῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἀρρᾰβών
ho arrhăbṓn 		τὼ ἀρρᾰβῶνε
tṑ arrhăbône 		οἱ ἀρρᾰβῶνες
hoi arrhăbônes
Genitive τοῦ ἀρρᾰβῶνος
toû arrhăbônos 		τοῖν ἀρρᾰβώνοιν
toîn arrhăbṓnoin 		τῶν ἀρρᾰβώνων
tôn arrhăbṓnōn
Dative τῷ ἀρρᾰβῶνῐ
tōî arrhăbônĭ 		τοῖν ἀρρᾰβώνοιν
toîn arrhăbṓnoin 		τοῖς ἀρρᾰβῶσῐ / ἀρρᾰβῶσῐν
toîs arrhăbôsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ἀρρᾰβῶνᾰ
tòn arrhăbônă 		τὼ ἀρρᾰβῶνε
tṑ arrhăbône 		τοὺς ἀρρᾰβῶνᾰς
toùs arrhăbônăs
Vocative ἀρρᾰβών
arrhăbṓn 		ἀρρᾰβῶνε
arrhăbône 		ἀρρᾰβῶνες
arrhăbônes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Greek: αρραβώνας (arravónas)
  • → Latin: arrhabō

Etymology 2

Unknown.[2]

Noun

ἀρραβών • (arrhabṓn)

  1. (hapax legomenon) fish hook (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Usage notes
  • Only attested as a hapax in Hesychius:
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Α:
      ἀῤῥαβών: πρόδομα. καὶ ἄγκιστρον
      arrhabṓn: pródoma. kaì ánkistron
      arrhabṓn: a prepayment; also fish hook

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀρραβών 1, -ῶνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 139-40
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀρραβών 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140

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