Βαβυλών

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Akkadian bāb-ilû "gateway of god(s)"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /babylɔ͜ɔ́n/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /babylóːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /βaβylón/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /vavylón/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /vavilón/

Proper noun

Βαβυλών (genitive Βαβυλῶνος) f, third declension; (Babulōn)

1. Babel.
2. Babylon.

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βᾰβῠλών
Genitive	τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος
Dative	τῇ Βᾰβῠλῶνῐ
Accusative	τὴν Βᾰβῠλῶνᾰ
Vocative	Βᾰβῠλῶν

Derived terms

• Βαβυλωνεύς
• Βαβυλωνία
• Βαβυλωνιακός
• Βαβυλώνιοι
• Βαβυλώνιος
• Βαβυλωνίς

Descendants

• Greek: Βαβυλών (Vavylón); Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna)
• Latin: Babylon

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong's Concordance number: G897
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1003