διάβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διαβάλλω (diaballo, “I slander”), from διά (dia, “across”) and βάλλω (ballo, “I throw”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /di.ábolos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /diábolos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ðiáβolos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ðiávolos/

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

Adjective

διάβολος m, διάβολος f, διάβολον n; first/second declension; (diabolos)

1. slanderous; libellous

Inflection

    Second declension of διάβολος, διάβολον

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	διάβολος	διάβολον		διαβόλω	διαβόλω		διάβολοι	διάβολα
Genitive	διαβόλου	διαβόλου		διαβόλοιν	διαβόλοιν		διαβόλων	διαβόλων
Dative	διαβόλῳ	διαβόλῳ		διαβόλοιν	διαβόλοιν		διαβόλοις	διαβόλοις
Accusative	διάβολον	διάβολον		διαβόλω	διαβόλω		διαβόλους	διάβολα
Vocative	διάβολε	διάβολον		διαβόλω	διαβόλω		διάβολοι	διάβολα

Related terms

• διαβόλως

Noun

διάβολος (genitive διαβόλου) m, second declension; (diabolos)

1. slanderer
2. the Devil (Biblical figure)

Inflection

Second declension of διάβολος, διαβόλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	διάβολος	διαβόλω	διάβολοι
Genitive	διαβόλου	διαβόλοιν	διαβόλων
Dative	διαβόλῳ	διαβόλοιν	διαβόλοις
Accusative	διάβολον	διαβόλω	διαβόλους
Vocative	διάβολε	διαβόλω	διάβολοι

Descendants

Descendants from διάβολος

Albanian: djall Basque: deabru Belarusian: дябал (diabal) Breton: diaoul Bulgarian: дявол (djavol) Catalan: diable Cornish: dyowl Croatian: đavo Czech: ďábel Danish: djævel Dutch: duivel English: devil French: diable German: Teufel Greek: διάβολος (diávolos) Icelandic: djöfull Irish: diabhal

Italian: diavolo Japanese: デビル (debiru) Latin: diabolus Macedonian: ѓавол (ǵavol) Manx: jouyl Norman: dgiâbl'ye Norwegian: djevel Polish: diabeł Portuguese: diabo Romanian: diavol Russian: дьявол (d'javol) Serbo-Croatuan: ђаво đavo Spanish: diablo Swedish: djävul Ukrainian: диявол (dyjavol) Welsh: diafol; diawl

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G1228

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Greek

Alternative forms

• διάολος

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ðʝˈavolos] or less commonly [ðiˈavolos]

Noun

διάβολος (diávolos) m,   plural διάβολοι

1. devil
2. hell

Declension

declension of διάβολος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	διάβολος	διάβολοι
genitive (γενική)	διαβόλου	διαβόλων
accusative (αιτιατική)	διάβολο	διαβόλους
vocative (κλητική)	διάβολε	διάβολοι