Ὑπέρβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπερ- (huper-) +‎ βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῠ̔πέρβολος • (Hŭpérbolos) m (genitive Ῠ̔περβόλου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hyperbolus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῠ̔πέρβολος; τοῦ Ῠ̔περβόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ῠ̔πέρβολος
ho Hŭpérbolos
Genitive τοῦ Ῠ̔περβόλου
toû Hŭperbólou
Dative τῷ Ῠ̔περβόλῳ
tōî Hŭperbólōi
Accusative τὸν Ῠ̔πέρβολον
tòn Hŭpérbolon
Vocative Ῠ̔πέρβολε
Hŭpérbole
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Υπέρβολος (Ypérvolos)
  • → Latin: Hyperbolus

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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