ἄβατον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.ba.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.βa.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.va.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.va.ton/
Adjective
ἄβᾰτον • (ábăton)
- inflection of ἄβατος (ábatos):
- neuter nominative/vocative singular
- masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular
Noun
ἄβᾰτον • (ábăton) n (genitive ἀβάτου); second declension
- (Ancient Greek religion) adytum (innermost sanctuary or shrine in an ancient temple)
- name of some vegetable suitable for pickling
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ᾰ̓́βᾰτον tò ắbăton |
τὼ ᾰ̓βᾰ́τω tṑ ăbắtō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́βᾰτᾰ tằ ắbătă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓βᾰ́του toû ăbắtou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́τοιν toîn ăbắtoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́των tôn ăbắtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓βᾰ́τῳ tōî ăbắtōi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́τοιν toîn ăbắtoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓βᾰ́τοις toîs ăbắtois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ᾰ̓́βᾰτον tò ắbăton |
τὼ ᾰ̓βᾰ́τω tṑ ăbắtō |
τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́βᾰτᾰ tằ ắbătă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́βᾰτον ắbăton |
ᾰ̓βᾰ́τω ăbắtō |
ᾰ̓́βᾰτᾰ ắbătă | ||||||||||
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Quotations
- 380 BCE – 315 BCE, Theopompus Historicus, Collected Works 313:
- ὃ πεποίηκε Θεόπομπος φήσας τοὺς εἰς τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄβατον ἐμβάντας κατ’ Ἀρκαδίαν ἀσκίους γίνεσθαι.
- hò pepoíēke Theópompos phḗsas toùs eis tò toû Diòs ábaton embántas kat’ Arkadían askíous gínesthai.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- ὃ πεποίηκε Θεόπομπος φήσας τοὺς εἰς τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄβατον ἐμβάντας κατ’ Ἀρκαδίαν ἀσκίους γίνεσθαι.
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.623:
- τούτου δέ πως τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ καὶ κιβώρια καὶ κολοκασία, καὶ τὸ καλούμενον ἄβατον.
- toútou dé pōs toû génous estì kaì kibṓria kaì kolokasía, kaì tò kaloúmenon ábaton.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- τούτου δέ πως τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ καὶ κιβώρια καὶ κολοκασία, καὶ τὸ καλούμενον ἄβατον.
Descendants
- → German: Abaton
- → Russian: абато́н (abatón)
- → English: abaton
- → Indonesian: abaton
- → Italian: abaton
- → Polish: abaton
- → Portuguese: abaton
Further reading
- ἄβατον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄβατον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἄβατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press