ἐριβῶλαξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐρίβωλος (eríbōlos)
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of ἐρι- (eri-, intensive prefix) + βῶλαξ (bôlax, “clod, clump of earth”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.ri.bɔ̂ː.laks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.riˈbo.laks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.riˈβo.laks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.riˈvo.laks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.riˈvo.laks/
Adjective
ἐρῐβῶλαξ • (erĭbôlax) m or f (neuter ἐρῐβῶλαξ); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ erĭbôlăx |
ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ erĭbôlăx |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκες erĭbṓlăkes |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ erĭbṓlăkă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐρῐβώλᾰκος erĭbṓlăkos |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκος erĭbṓlăkos |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν erĭbōlắkoi(ĭ)n |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν erĭbōlắkoi(ĭ)n |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κων erĭbōlắkōn |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κων erĭbōlắkōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐρῐβώλᾰκῐ erĭbṓlăkĭ |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκῐ erĭbṓlăkĭ |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν erĭbōlắkoi(ĭ)n |
ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν erĭbōlắkoi(ĭ)n |
ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐ / ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐν erĭbṓlăxĭ(n) / erĭbōlắkessĭ(n) / erĭbōlắkesĭ(n) |
ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐ / ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐν erĭbṓlăxĭ(n) / erĭbōlắkessĭ(n) / erĭbōlắkesĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ erĭbṓlăkă |
ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ erĭbôlăx |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰς erĭbṓlăkăs |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ erĭbṓlăkă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ erĭbôlăx |
ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ erĭbôlăx |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκε erĭbṓlăke |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκες erĭbṓlăkes |
ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ erĭbṓlăkă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κως erĭbōlắkōs |
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Further reading
- “ἐριβῶλαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐριβῶλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐριβῶλαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐριβῶλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press