κάβος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Hebrew קַב (kab, “measure of capacity”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.vos/
Noun
κᾰ́βος • (kábos) m (genitive κᾰ́βου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰ́βος ho kábos |
τὼ κᾰ́βω tṑ kábō |
οἱ κᾰ́βοι hoi káboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́βου toû kábou |
τοῖν κᾰ́βοιν toîn káboin |
τῶν κᾰ́βων tôn kábōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰ́βῳ tôi kábōi |
τοῖν κᾰ́βοιν toîn káboin |
τοῖς κᾰ́βοις toîs kábois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰ́βον tòn kábon |
τὼ κᾰ́βω tṑ kábō |
τοὺς κᾰ́βους toùs kábous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́βε kábe |
κᾰ́βω kábō |
κᾰ́βοι káboi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Noun
κάβος • (kávos) m (plural κάβοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κάβος (kávos) | κάβοι (kávoi) |
| genitive | κάβου (kávou) | κάβων (kávon) |
| accusative | κάβο (kávo) | κάβους (kávous) |
| vocative | κάβε (káve) | κάβοι (kávoi) |
Synonyms
- (cape): ακρωτήριο n (akrotírio)
- (cable): καραβόσκοινο n (karavóskoino)
See also
- χερσόνησος f (chersónisos, “peninsula”)
Further reading
κάβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
