ἀστρολάβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.tro.lá.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.troˈla.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.troˈla.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.troˈla.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /as.troˈla.vos/
Noun
ἀστρολᾰ́βος • (astrolắbos) m (genitive ἀστρολᾰ́βου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀστρολᾰ́βος ho astrolắbos |
τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolắbō |
οἱ ἀστρολᾰ́βοι hoi astrolắboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀστρολᾰ́βου toû astrolắbou |
τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astrolắboin |
τῶν ἀστρολᾰ́βων tôn astrolắbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀστρολᾰ́βῳ tōî astrolắbōi |
τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astrolắboin |
τοῖς ἀστρολᾰ́βοις toîs astrolắbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀστρολᾰ́βον tòn astrolắbon |
τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolắbō |
τοὺς ἀστρολᾰ́βους toùs astrolắbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀστρολᾰ́βε astrolắbe |
ἀστρολᾰ́βω astrolắbō |
ἀστρολᾰ́βοι astrolắboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀστρολάβιον (astrolábion)
Descendants
- → Arabic: أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb)
- → English: astrolabe
- → French: astrolabe
- → Russian: астролябия (astroljabija)
- Greek: αστρολάβος (astrolávos)
Further reading
- “ἀστρολάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀστρολάβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀστρολάβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)