The word rhymes with φαῦλος (phaûlos) and probably they have influenced each other. According to Beekes, the adjective presumably belongs to a group of Pre-Greek words.
σαῦλος • (saûlos) m (feminine σαύλη, neuter σαῦλον); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σαῦλος saûlos |
σαύλη saúlē |
σαῦλον saûlon |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαύλᾱ saúlā |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαῦλοι saûloi |
σαῦλαι saûlai |
σαῦλᾰ saûla | |||||
Genitive | σαύλου saúlou |
σαύλης saúlēs |
σαύλου saúlou |
σαύλοιν saúloin |
σαύλαιν saúlain |
σαύλοιν saúloin |
σαύλων saúlōn |
σαύλων saúlōn |
σαύλων saúlōn | |||||
Dative | σαύλῳ saúlōi |
σαύλῃ saúlēi |
σαύλῳ saúlōi |
σαύλοιν saúloin |
σαύλαιν saúlain |
σαύλοιν saúloin |
σαύλοις saúlois |
σαύλαις saúlais |
σαύλοις saúlois | |||||
Accusative | σαῦλον saûlon |
σαύλην saúlēn |
σαῦλον saûlon |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαύλᾱ saúlā |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαύλους saúlous |
σαύλᾱς saúlās |
σαῦλᾰ saûla | |||||
Vocative | σαῦλε saûle |
σαύλη saúlē |
σαῦλον saûlon |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαύλᾱ saúlā |
σαύλω saúlō |
σαῦλοι saûloi |
σαῦλαι saûlai |
σαῦλᾰ saûla | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σαύλως saúlōs |
σαυλότερος saulóteros |
σαυλότᾰτος saulótatos | ||||||||||||
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