βδέλλα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βδάλλω (bdállō, “I milk”, (in the middle voice, of a cow) “I yield to milking”; “I suck”), from Pre-Greek.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bdél.la/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbdel.la/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβðel.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvðel.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvðe.la/
Noun
βδέλλᾰ • (bdélla) f (genitive βδέλλης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βδέλλᾰ hē bdélla |
τὼ βδέλλᾱ tṑ bdéllā |
αἱ βδέλλαι hai bdéllai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βδέλλης tês bdéllēs |
τοῖν βδέλλαιν toîn bdéllain |
τῶν βδελλῶν tôn bdellôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βδέλλῃ têi bdéllēi |
τοῖν βδέλλαιν toîn bdéllain |
ταῖς βδέλλαις taîs bdéllais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βδέλλᾰν tḕn bdéllan |
τὼ βδέλλᾱ tṑ bdéllā |
τᾱ̀ς βδέλλᾱς tā̀s bdéllās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βδέλλᾰ bdélla |
βδέλλᾱ bdéllā |
βδέλλαι bdéllai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Albanian: abdhellë
- English: bdellatomy
- French: bdellomètre
- Greek: βδέλλα (vdélla)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) “βδάλλω”, in Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
Further reading
- “βδέλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βδέλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βδέλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βδέλλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- leech idem, page 484.
Greek
Alternative forms
- αβδέλλα f (avdélla) (colloquial)
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”).
Noun
βδέλλα • (vdélla) f (plural βδέλλες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βδέλλα (vdélla) | βδέλλες (vdélles) |
| genitive | βδέλλας (vdéllas) | βδελλών (vdellón) |
| accusative | βδέλλα (vdélla) | βδέλλες (vdélles) |
| vocative | βδέλλα (vdélla) | βδέλλες (vdélles) |
Synonyms
- (parasite): παράσιτο n (parásito, “parasite”)
Related terms
- αβδελλιάζω (avdelliázo, “infested by leeches”)
- βδελλιάζω (vdelliázo, “infested by leeches”)
Further reading
βδέλλα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
