According to Beekes, from Semitic. Compare Hebrew כְּלוּב (kluv), Arabic كَلْبِشْ (kalbiš) and Old Armenian կողով (kołov).
κλωβός • (klōbós) m (genitive κλωβοῦ); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κλωβός ho klōbós |
τὼ κλωβώ tṑ klōbṓ |
οἱ κλωβοί hoi klōboí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κλωβοῦ toû klōboû |
τοῖν κλωβοῖν toîn klōboîn |
τῶν κλωβῶν tôn klōbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κλωβῷ tôi klōbôi |
τοῖν κλωβοῖν toîn klōboîn |
τοῖς κλωβοῖς toîs klōboîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κλωβόν tòn klōbón |
τὼ κλωβώ tṑ klōbṓ |
τοὺς κλωβούς toùs klōboús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλωβέ klōbé |
κλωβώ klōbṓ |
κλωβοί klōboí | ||||||||||
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