ῥάβδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Origin unclear. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *urb, with cognates such as Lithuanian virbas, Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba) (Russian верба) and Latin verbēnae. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /r̥ábdos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /r̥ábdos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ráβðos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /rávðos/

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

Noun

ῥάβδος (genitive ῥάβδου) f, second declension; (rhabdos)

1. rod, wand, stick
2. magic wand, scepter
3. shaft of a spear
4. stripe, strip, streak
5. (grammar) line, verse

Inflection

Second declension of ῥάβδος, ῥάβδου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῥάβδος	ῥάβδω	ῥάβδοι
Genitive	ῥάβδου	ῥάβδοιν	ῥάβδων
Dative	ῥάβδῳ	ῥάβδοιν	ῥάβδοις
Accusative	ῥάβδον	ῥάβδω	ῥάβδους
Vocative	ῥάβδε	ῥάβδω	ῥάβδοι

References

• LSJ