ὀξύβαφον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + βάπτω (báptō, “to dip”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sý.ba.pʰon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsy.ba.pʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.βa.ɸon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.va.fon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.va.fon/
Noun
ὀξῠ́βᾰφον • (oxŭ́băphon) n (genitive ὀξῠβᾰ́φου); second declension
- small vinegar saucer
- shallow earthen vessel, saucer
- (in the plural) kind of harmonica made of saucers, struck with a wooden hammer
- fourth part of a cotyle
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀξῠ́βᾰφον tò oxŭ́băphon |
τὼ ὀξῠβᾰ́φω tṑ oxŭbắphō |
τᾰ̀ ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ tằ oxŭ́băphă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀξῠβᾰ́φου toû oxŭbắphou |
τοῖν ὀξῠβᾰ́φοιν toîn oxŭbắphoin |
τῶν ὀξῠβᾰ́φων tôn oxŭbắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀξῠβᾰ́φῳ tōî oxŭbắphōi |
τοῖν ὀξῠβᾰ́φοιν toîn oxŭbắphoin |
τοῖς ὀξῠβᾰ́φοις toîs oxŭbắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀξῠ́βᾰφον tò oxŭ́băphon |
τὼ ὀξῠβᾰ́φω tṑ oxŭbắphō |
τᾰ̀ ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ tằ oxŭ́băphă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀξῠ́βᾰφον oxŭ́băphon |
ὀξῠβᾰ́φω oxŭbắphō |
ὀξῠ́βᾰφᾰ oxŭ́băphă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀξυβάφιον (oxubáphion)
References
- “ὀξύβαφον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀξύβαφον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀξύβαφον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette