διάβολος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From διαβάλλω (diabállō, “I slander”, from δια- (dia-, “through”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”)).
For the meaning development, compare Russian кида́ла (kidála), кида́лово (kidálovo) related to кида́ть (kidátʹ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.á.bo.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /diˈa.bo.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.βo.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.vo.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈa.vo.los/
Adjective
δῐᾰ́βολος • (dĭắbolos) m or f (neuter δῐᾰ́βολον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῐᾰ́βολος dĭắbolos |
δῐᾰ́βολον dĭắbolon |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι dĭắboloi |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ dĭắbolă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῐᾰβόλου dĭăbólou |
δῐᾰβόλου dĭăbólou |
δῐᾰβόλοιν dĭăbóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοιν dĭăbóloin |
δῐᾰβόλων dĭăbólōn |
δῐᾰβόλων dĭăbólōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῐᾰβόλῳ dĭăbólōi |
δῐᾰβόλῳ dĭăbólōi |
δῐᾰβόλοιν dĭăbóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοιν dĭăbóloin |
δῐᾰβόλοις dĭăbólois |
δῐᾰβόλοις dĭăbólois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῐᾰ́βολον dĭắbolon |
δῐᾰ́βολον dĭắbolon |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰβόλους dĭăbólous |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ dĭắbolă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰ́βολε dĭắbole |
δῐᾰ́βολον dĭắbolon |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι dĭắboloi |
δῐᾰ́βολᾰ dĭắbolă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῐᾰβόλως dĭăbólōs |
δῐᾰβολώτερος dĭăbolṓteros |
δῐᾰβολώτᾰτος dĭăbolṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Related terms
- διαβόλως (diabólōs)
Noun
δῐᾰ́βολος • (dĭắbolos) m (genitive δῐᾰβόλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῐᾰ́βολος ho dĭắbolos |
τὼ δῐᾰβόλω tṑ dĭăbólō |
οἱ δῐᾰ́βολοι hoi dĭắboloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δῐᾰβόλου toû dĭăbólou |
τοῖν δῐᾰβόλοιν toîn dĭăbóloin |
τῶν δῐᾰβόλων tôn dĭăbólōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δῐᾰβόλῳ tôi dĭăbólōi |
τοῖν δῐᾰβόλοιν toîn dĭăbóloin |
τοῖς δῐᾰβόλοις toîs dĭăbólois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῐᾰ́βολον tòn dĭắbolon |
τὼ δῐᾰβόλω tṑ dĭăbólō |
τοὺς δῐᾰβόλους toùs dĭăbólous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῐᾰ́βολε dĭắbole |
δῐᾰβόλω dĭăbólō |
δῐᾰ́βολοι dĭắboloi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- Greek: διάβολος (diávolos)
- Mariupol Greek: дъа́вулус (ðávulus)
- →? Arabic: إبليس (ʔiblīs)
- → Azerbaijani: iblis
- → Bashkir: иблис (iblis)
- → English: Iblis, Iblees, Eblis
- → Indonesian: iblis
- → Kazakh: ібіліс (ıbılıs)
- → Kyrgyz: ибилис (ibilis)
- → Northern Kurdish: îblîs
- → Ottoman Turkish: ابلیس (iblis)
- > Turkish: iblis (inherited)
- → Swahili: Ibilisi
- → Tatar: иблис (iblis)
- → Toba Batak: ᯘᯪᯅᯬᯞᯪᯘ᯲ (sibolis)
- → Uyghur: ئىبلىس (iblis)
- → Uzbek: iblis
- → Yoruba: bìlísì
- → Coptic: ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ (diabolos)
- → Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 (diabaulus), 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌻𐌰 (diabula)
- → Latin: diabolus (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Church Slavonic: диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ), дїаволъ (diavolŭ), диꙗволь (dijavolĭ), дьѣволъ (dĭěvolŭ)
- → Old East Slavic: диꙗволъ (dijavolŭ)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- “διάβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “διάβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- διάβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- διάβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “διάβολος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1228 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abusive idem, page 5.
- calumnious idem, page 110.
- defamatory idem, page 203.
- disparaging idem, page 236.
- opprobrious idem, page 577.
- scandalous idem, page 737.
- scurrilous idem, page 743.
- slanderous idem, page 782.
- “διάβολος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
Noun
διάβολος • (diávolos) m (plural διάβολοι)
- (both figurative and literally) The Devil, devil.
- Ο διάβολος ζει στην κόλαση.
- O diávolos zei stin kólasi.
- The Devil lives in Hell.
- Μια χαρά ήμασταν και τότε ήρθε αυτός ο διάβολος.
- Mia chará ímastan kai tóte írthe aftós o diávolos.
- We were fine and this devil came along.
- Βρε, τον διάβολο, κανείς δεν μπορεί να τον πιάσει.
- Vre, ton diávolo, kaneís den boreí na ton piásei.
- That (little) devil, no one can catch him.
- (both figurative and literally, by extension) Hell, hell, underworld, hellhole
- Θα πας στον διάβολο!
- Tha pas ston diávolo!
- You'll go to hell!
- Τι θέλεις και πας σ’ αυτόν τον διάβολο;
- Ti théleis kai pas s’ aftón ton diávolo;
- Why are you going to that hellhole?
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | διάβολος (diávolos) | διάβολοι (diávoloi) |
| genitive | διαβόλου (diavólou) | διαβόλων (diavólon) |
| accusative | διάβολο (diávolo) | διαβόλους (diavólous) |
| vocative | διάβολε (diávole) | διάβολοι (diávoloi) |
Synonyms
- διάτανος m (diátanos)
- Σατανάς m (Satanás, “Satan”)
- Βελζεβούλ m (Velzevoúl, “Beelzebub”)
- Εωσφόρος m (Eosfóros, “Lucifer”)
- Μεφιστοφελής m (Mefistofelís, “Mephistopheles”)
- τρισκατάρατος m (triskatáratos, “devil”) (euphemism)
- εξαποδώς m (exapodós, “devil”) (euphemism)
- κόλαση f (kólasi, “Hell”)
- αγύριστος m (agýristos, “Hell”)
Derived terms
- διαβολάκι n (diavoláki),διαολάκι n (diaoláki) (diminutive)
- διαβολάκος m (diavolákos) (diminutive)
- διαβολεμένος (diavoleménos)
- διαβολοκόριτσο n (diavolokóritso)
- διαβολοσκορπίσματα n (diavoloskorpísmata) (mostly in plural)
- διαόλια n pl (diaólia)
- διαολοστέλνω (diaolostélno)
- δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος, γαμούσε τα παιδιά του (douleiá den eíche o diávolos, gamoúse ta paidiá tou, “the devil makes work for idle hands”) (literally: the devil didn't have anything to do, so he was fucking his children)
- δουλειά δεν είχε ο διάβολος και έπνιγε τα παιδιά του (douleiá den eíche o diávolos kai épnige ta paidiá tou, “the devil makes work for idle hands”) (literally: the devil didn't have anything to do and so he was drowning his children)
- and see: διαβολο-, διαβολό-, διαβολ-, διαολό-, διαολο-
Related terms
- άντε στο διάολο (ánte sto diáolo, “go to hell”) (also formed with διάβολο)
- α στο διάολο (a sto diáolo, “go to hell”) (also formed with άι)
- άντε στο διάλο (ánte sto diálo, “go to hell”)
- α στο διάλο (a sto diálo, “go to hell”)
- and see: άντε (ánte) for interchangeable interjections combined with διάβολο or διάολο or διάλο
- διάβολε (interjection)
- να πάρει ο διάβολος (na párei o diávolos)
Further reading
διάβολος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
