λέμβος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒄑𒈣 (eleppum, “wood boat, wooden ship, skiff”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lém.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlem.bos/
Noun
λέμβος • (lémbos) m (genitive λέμβου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λέμβος ho lémbos |
τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō |
οἱ λέμβοι hoi lémboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λέμβου toû lémbou |
τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin |
τῶν λέμβων tôn lémbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λέμβῳ tôi lémbōi |
τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin |
τοῖς λέμβοις toîs lémbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λέμβον tòn lémbon |
τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō |
τοὺς λέμβους toùs lémbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέμβε lémbe |
λέμβω lémbō |
λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λέμβος ho lémbos |
τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō |
οἱ λέμβοι hoi lémboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λέμβου toû lémbou |
τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin |
τῶν λέμβων tôn lémbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λέμβῳ tôi lémbōi |
τοῖν λέμβοιν toîn lémboin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν λέμβοισῐ / λέμβοισῐν / λέμβοις toîsi(n) lémboisi(n) / lémbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λέμβον tòn lémbon |
τὼ λέμβω tṑ lémbō |
τοὺς λέμβους toùs lémbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέμβε lémbe |
λέμβω lémbō |
λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | λέμβος lémbos |
λέμβω lémbō |
λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | λέμβου / λεμβοῖο / λέμβοιο / λεμβόο / λέμβοο lémbou / lemboîo / lémboio / lembóo / lémboo |
λέμβοιῐν lémboiin |
λέμβων lémbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | λέμβῳ lémbōi |
λέμβοιῐν lémboiin |
λέμβοισῐ / λέμβοισῐν / λέμβοις lémboisi(n) / lémbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | λέμβον lémbon |
λέμβω lémbō |
λέμβους lémbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λέμβε lémbe |
λέμβω lémbō |
λέμβοι lémboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λεμβάδιον (lembádion)
Further reading
- Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis,
- “λέμβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Szemerényi, Oswald (1974) “The origins of the Greek lexicon: Ex Oriente Lux”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, volume 94, , page 149
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).
Noun
λέμβος • (lémvos) f (plural λέμβοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λέμβος (lémvos) | λέμβοι (lémvoi) |
| genitive | λέμβου (lémvou) | λέμβων (lémvon) |
| accusative | λέμβο (lémvo) | λέμβους (lémvous) |
| vocative | λέμβε (lémve) λέμβο (lémvo) |
λέμβοι (lémvoi) |
Synonyms
(balloon basket): γόνδολα f (góndola, “gondola”)
Further reading
λέμβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
