μόλυβδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μόλιβος (mólibos)

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀗𐀪𐀺𐀈 (mo-ri-wo-do), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (mariwda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *merkʷ- (“dark”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mó.lyb.dos/ → /ˈmo.lyβ.ðos/ → /ˈmo.liv.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.lyb.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.lyb.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.lyβ.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.lyv.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.liv.ðos/

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólubdos) m (genitive μολύβδου); second declension

1. lead (the metal)
2. graphite

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόλυβδος; τοῦ μολύβδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόλυβδος ho mólubdos	τὼ μολύβδω tṑ molúbdō	οἱ μόλυβδοι hoi mólubdoi
Genitive	τοῦ μολύβδου toû molúbdou	τοῖν μολύβδοιν toîn molúbdoin	τῶν μολύβδων tôn molúbdōn
Dative	τῷ μολύβδῳ tôi molúbdōi	τοῖν μολύβδοιν toîn molúbdoin	τοῖς μολύβδοις toîs molúbdois
Accusative	τὸν μόλυβδον tòn mólubdon	τὼ μολύβδω tṑ molúbdō	τοὺς μολύβδους toùs molúbdous
Vocative	μόλυβδε mólubde	μολύβδω molúbdō	μόλυβδοι mólubdoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• μολύβδαινα (molúbdaina)
• μολύβδινος (molúbdinos)
• μολυβδίς (molubdís)

See also

• Latin: plumbum

Further reading

• “μόλυβδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μόλυβδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μόλυβδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lead idem, page 481.

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Greek

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólyvdos) m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) lead

Declension

  μόλυβδος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	μόλυβδος •
genitive	μολύβδου •
accusative	μόλυβδο •
vocative	μόλυβδε •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements
• μολύβι n (molývi, “pencil”)
• μολυβδαίνιο n (molyvdaínio, “molybdenum”)

Derived terms

• αμόλυβδος (amólyvdos, “unleaded”)

Further reading

• μόλυβδος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el