Ὑπέρβολος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπερ- (huper-) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pér.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yˈper.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yˈper.βo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yˈper.vo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈper.vo.los/
Proper noun
Ῠ̔πέρβολος • (Hupérbolos) m (genitive Ῠ̔περβόλου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Hyperbolus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ῠ̔πέρβολος ho Hupérbolos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ῠ̔περβόλου toû Huperbólou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ῠ̔περβόλῳ tôi Huperbólōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ῠ̔πέρβολον tòn Hupérbolon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῠ̔πέρβολε Hupérbole | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Υπέρβολος (Ypérvolos)
- → Latin: Hyperbolus
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013