ἄβαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 (-ʾbʾq) or Hebrew אָבָק (“dust”)[1], but Beekes finds this unconvincing.[2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.baks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.baks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.βaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.vaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.vaks/
Noun
ἄβᾰξ • (ábax) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ ho ábax |
τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε tṑ ábake |
οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες hoi ábakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος toû ábakos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν toîn abákoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων tôn abákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ tôi ábaki |
τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν toîn abákoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ / ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν toîs ábaxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ tòn ábaka |
τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε tṑ ábake |
τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς toùs ábakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́βᾰξ ábax |
ᾰ̓́βᾰκε ábake |
ᾰ̓́βᾰκες ábakes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- French: abaque
- Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)
- Italian: ábaco
- Latin: abacus
- Portuguese: ábaco
- Russian: аба́к m (abák)
References
- “ἄβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄβαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄβαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Semitic languages
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Hebrew
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension