ἠβαιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Leumann, it arose by false split from οὐ δή βαιόν (ou dḗ baión). A prefix ἠ- (ē-) is improbable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛː.bai̯.ós/ → /i.βɛˈos/ → /i.veˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.bai̯.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.bɛˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.βɛˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.veˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.veˈos/

Adjective

ἠβαιός • (ēbaiós) m (feminine ἠβαιᾱ́, neuter ἠβαιόν); first/second declension

1. little, small

   Synonyms: βαιός (baiós), μῑκρός (mīkrós), τῠτθός (tutthós)

Declension

First and second declension of ἠβαιός; ἠβαιᾱ́; ἠβαιόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἠβαιός ēbaiós	ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́	ἠβαιόν ēbaión		ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ	ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́	ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ		ἠβαιοί ēbaioí	ἠβαιαί ēbaiaí	ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá
Genitive		ἠβαιοῦ ēbaioû	ἠβαιᾶς ēbaiâs	ἠβαιοῦ ēbaioû		ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn	ἠβαιαῖν ēbaiaîn	ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn		ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn	ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn	ἠβαιῶν ēbaiôn
Dative		ἠβαιῷ ēbaiôi	ἠβαιᾷ ēbaiâi	ἠβαιῷ ēbaiôi		ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn	ἠβαιαῖν ēbaiaîn	ἠβαιοῖν ēbaioîn		ἠβαιοῖς ēbaioîs	ἠβαιαῖς ēbaiaîs	ἠβαιοῖς ēbaioîs
Accusative		ἠβαιόν ēbaión	ἠβαιᾱ́ν ēbaiā́n	ἠβαιόν ēbaión		ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ	ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́	ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ		ἠβαιούς ēbaioús	ἠβαιᾱ́ς ēbaiā́s	ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá
Vocative		ἠβαιέ ēbaié	ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́	ἠβαιόν ēbaión		ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ	ἠβαιᾱ́ ēbaiā́	ἠβαιώ ēbaiṓ		ἠβαιοί ēbaioí	ἠβαιαί ēbaiaí	ἠβαιᾰ́ ēbaiá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἠβαιόν ēbaión				ἠβαιότερος ēbaióteros				ἠβαιότᾰτος ēbaiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἠβαιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἠβαιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἠβαιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN