ἀποβασιλεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓πο- (apo-, “ceasing from”, “leaving off”) +‎ βᾰσῐλεύς (basileús, “king”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.po.ba.si.lěu̯s/ → /a.po.βa.siˈleɸs/ → /a.po.va.siˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.po.ba.si.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.po.ba.siˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.po.βa.siˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.po.va.siˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.po.va.siˈlefs/

Noun

ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεύς • (apobasileús) m (genitive ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέως); third declension

1. ex-king
   • AB, 1089

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεύς; τοῦ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεύς ho apobasileús	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλῆ tṑ apobasilê	οἱ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλῆς / ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῖς hoi apobasilês / apobasileîs
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέως toû apobasiléōs	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέοιν toîn apobasiléoin	τῶν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέων tôn apobasiléōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῖ tôi apobasileî	τοῖν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέοιν toîn apobasiléoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῦσῐ / ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῦσῐν toîs apobasileûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέᾱ tòn apobasiléā	τὼ ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλῆ tṑ apobasilê	τοὺς ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλέᾱς toùs apobasiléās
Vocative	ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῦ apobasileû	ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλῆ apobasilê	ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλῆς / ᾰ̓ποβᾰσῐλεῖς apobasilês / apobasileîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀποβᾰσῐλεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀποβασιλεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀποβασιλεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀποβασιλεύς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften