μόλυβδος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀗𐀪𐀺𐀈 (mo-ri-wo-do), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morgʷ-iyo-, from a root *mergʷ- (“dark”),[1][2][3] whence also English murky, Albanian marrtë (“dim as twilight; blurry”). Probably not cognate with Latin plumbum (“lead”), despite superficial similarity.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólubdos) m (genitive μολύβδου); second declension

  1. lead (the metal)
  2. graphite

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόλῠβδος; τοῦ μολῠ́βδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μόλῠβδος
ho mólubdos 		τὼ μολῠ́βδω
tṑ molúbdō 		οἱ μόλῠβδοι
hoi mólubdoi
Genitive τοῦ μολῠ́βδου
toû molúbdou 		τοῖν μολῠ́βδοιν
toîn molúbdoin 		τῶν μολῠ́βδων
tôn molúbdōn
Dative τῷ μολῠ́βδῳ
tôi molúbdōi 		τοῖν μολῠ́βδοιν
toîn molúbdoin 		τοῖς μολῠ́βδοις
toîs molúbdois
Accusative τὸν μόλῠβδον
tòn mólubdon 		τὼ μολῠ́βδω
tṑ molúbdō 		τοὺς μολῠ́βδους
toùs molúbdous
Vocative μόλῠβδε
mólubde 		μολῠ́βδω
molúbdō 		μόλῠβδοι
mólubdoi
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μόλυβδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 964-5
  2. ^ Ivo Hajnal, Graeco-Anatolian Contacts in the Mycenaean Period (Innsbruck: University of Innsbruck), 6.
  3. ^ H.C. Melchert, “Greek mólybdos as loanword from Lydian”, Anatolian Interfaces: Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours. Proceedings of an International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction, September 17-19, 2004, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, eds. B.J.Collins, M.R. Bachvarova & I.C. Rutherford (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008), 153-157.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos), of Anatolian origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“dark”). See also μολύβι (molývi).

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólyvdos) m (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) lead

Declension

Declension of μόλυβδος
singular
nominative μόλυβδος (mólyvdos)
genitive μολύβδου (molývdou)
accusative μόλυβδο (mólyvdo)
vocative μόλυβδε (mólyvde)

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