ὄροβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a Mediterranean substrate borrowing, and likely related to ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”). Compare Proto-Germanic *arwīts, Latin ervum.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄροβος • (órobos) m (genitive ὀρόβου); second declension

  1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia).

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄροβος; τοῦ ὀρόβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄροβος
ho órobos 		τὼ ὀρόβω
tṑ oróbō 		οἱ ὄροβοι
hoi óroboi
Genitive τοῦ ὀρόβου
toû oróbou 		τοῖν ὀρόβοιν
toîn oróboin 		τῶν ὀρόβων
tôn oróbōn
Dative τῷ ὀρόβῳ
tōî oróbōi 		τοῖν ὀρόβοιν
toîn oróboin 		τοῖς ὀρόβοις
toîs oróbois
Accusative τὸν ὄροβον
tòn órobon 		τὼ ὀρόβω
tṑ oróbō 		τοὺς ὀρόβους
toùs oróbous
Vocative ὄροβε
órobe 		ὀρόβω
oróbō 		ὄροβοι
óroboi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

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