μάγδωλος

See also: Μάγδωλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαγδώλος (magdṓlos)

Etymology

From a Semitic source; compare Hebrew מגדל (migdál, “tower”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒀜𒂵𒆷𒌅 (madgaltu, “watchtower”); for further etymology and connections see Arabic مِجْدَل (mijdal).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /máɡ.dɔː.los/ → /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/ → /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /máɡ.dɔː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.do.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/

Noun

μᾰ́γδωλος • (mágdōlos) m (genitive μᾰγδώλου); second declension

1. watchtower

   Synonym: σκοπή (skopḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰ́γδωλος; τοῦ μᾰγδώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰ́γδωλος ho mágdōlos	τὼ μᾰγδώλω tṑ magdṓlō	οἱ μᾰ́γδωλοι hoi mágdōloi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰγδώλου toû magdṓlou	τοῖν μᾰγδώλοιν toîn magdṓloin	τῶν μᾰγδώλων tôn magdṓlōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰγδώλῳ tôi magdṓlōi	τοῖν μᾰγδώλοιν toîn magdṓloin	τοῖς μᾰγδώλοις toîs magdṓlois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́γδωλον tòn mágdōlon	τὼ μᾰγδώλω tṑ magdṓlō	τοὺς μᾰγδώλους toùs magdṓlous
Vocative	μᾰ́γδωλε mágdōle	μᾰγδώλω magdṓlō	μᾰ́γδωλοι mágdōloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μάγδωλος (Mágdōlos)
• μαγδωλοφυλακία (magdōlophulakía)
• μαγδωλοφύλαξ (magdōlophúlax)

 

Further reading

• “μάγδωλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάγδωλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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