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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.ba.ton/ → /ˈa.βa.ton/ → /ˈa.va.ton/
Adjective
ἄβᾰτον • (ábăton)
- inflection of ἄβατος (ábatos):
- neuter nominative/vocative singular
- masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular
Noun
ἄβᾰτον • (ábăton) n (genitive ἀβάτου); second declension
- (Ancient Greek religion) adytum (innermost sanctuary or shrine in an ancient temple)
- name of some vegetable suitable for pickling
Declension
Quotations
380 BCE – 315 BCE,
Theopompus Historicus,
Collected Works 313:
- ὃ πεποίηκε Θεόπομπος φήσας τοὺς εἰς τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄβατον ἐμβάντας κατ’ Ἀρκαδίαν ἀσκίους γίνεσθαι.
- hò pepoíēke Theópompos phḗsas toùs eis tò toû Diòs ábaton embántas kat’ Arkadían askíous gínesthai.
129 CE – 216 CE,
Galen,
Collected Works 6.623:
- τούτου δέ πως τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ καὶ κιβώρια καὶ κολοκασία, καὶ τὸ καλούμενον ἄβατον.
- toútou dé pōs toû génous estì kaì kibṓria kaì kolokasía, kaì tò kaloúmenon ábaton.
Descendants
Further reading
- ἄβατον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἄβατον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἄβατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press