ἄβαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Biblical Hebrew אָבָק (ʔɔḇɔq, “dust”),[1] but Beekes finds this unconvincing.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́βᾰξ • (ắbăx) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension

  1. board, slab
  2. reckoning board, abacus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ
ho ắbăx 		τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
tṑ ắbăke 		οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες
hoi ắbăkes
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος
toû ắbăkos 		τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν
toîn ăbắkoin 		τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων
tôn ăbắkōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ
tōî ắbăkĭ 		τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν
toîn ăbắkoin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ / ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν
toîs ắbăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ
tòn ắbăkă 		τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
tṑ ắbăke 		τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς
toùs ắbăkăs
Vocative ᾰ̓́βᾰξ
ắbăx 		ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
ắbăke 		ᾰ̓́βᾰκες
ắbăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)
  • → Latin: abacus
  • → Translingual: Abax

References

  1. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “אָבָק”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 4b
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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