κάβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Hebrew קַב (kab, “measure of capacity”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.bos/ → /ˈka.βos/ → /ˈka.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vos/

Noun

κᾰ́βος • (kábos) m (genitive κᾰ́βου); second declension

1. corn-measure corresponding to four ξέσται (xéstai)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́βος; τοῦ κᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́βος ho kábos	τὼ κᾰ́βω tṑ kábō	οἱ κᾰ́βοι hoi káboi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́βου toû kábou	τοῖν κᾰ́βοιν toîn káboin	τῶν κᾰ́βων tôn kábōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́βῳ tôi kábōi	τοῖν κᾰ́βοιν toîn káboin	τοῖς κᾰ́βοις toîs kábois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́βον tòn kábon	τὼ κᾰ́βω tṑ kábō	τοὺς κᾰ́βους toùs kábous
Vocative	κᾰ́βε kábe	κᾰ́βω kábō	κᾰ́βοι káboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάβος 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

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Greek

Noun

κάβος • (kávos) m (plural κάβοι)

1. (geography) cape, headland, promontory
2. (nautical) cable, hawser

Declension

Declension of κάβος

	singular	plural
nominative	κάβος •	κάβοι •
genitive	κάβου •	κάβων •
accusative	κάβο •	κάβους •
vocative	κάβε •	κάβοι •

Synonyms

• (cape): ακρωτήριο n (akrotírio)
• (cable): καραβόσκοινο n (karavóskoino)

See also

• χερσόνησος f (chersónisos, “peninsular”)