ἄραβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to θόρυβος (thórubos) and κόναβος (kónabos). Perhaps onomatopoeic, but Furnée compares ἀροπῆσαι (aropêsai, “to tread”), which points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ra.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ra.vos/

Noun

ἄρᾰβος • (árăbos) m (genitive ἀρᾰ́βου); second declension

gnashing or chattering of teeth
(in general) rattling, ringing

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρᾰβος; τοῦ ἀρᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρᾰβος ho árăbos	τὼ ἀρᾰ́βω tṑ arắbō	οἱ ἄρᾰβοι hoi árăboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρᾰ́βου toû arắbou	τοῖν ἀρᾰ́βοιν toîn arắboin	τῶν ἀρᾰ́βων tôn arắbōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρᾰ́βῳ tōî arắbōi	τοῖν ἀρᾰ́βοιν toîn arắboin	τοῖς ἀρᾰ́βοις toîs arắbois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρᾰβον tòn árăbon	τὼ ἀρᾰ́βω tṑ arắbō	τοὺς ἀρᾰ́βους toùs arắbous
Vocative	ἄρᾰβε árăbe	ἀρᾰ́βω arắbō	ἄρᾰβοι árăboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀρᾰβέω (arăbéō)