ἄβατον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ba.ton/ → /ˈa.βa.ton/ → /ˈa.va.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ba.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ba.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βa.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.va.ton/

Adjective

ἄβᾰτον • (ábaton)

1. inflection of ἄβατος (ábatos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Noun

ἄβᾰτον • (ábaton) n (genitive ἀβάτου); second declension

1. (Ancient Greek religion) adytum (innermost sanctuary or shrine in an ancient temple)
2. name of some vegetable suitable for pickling

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀ̆βᾰτον; τοῦ ἀ̆βᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀ̆βᾰτον tò abaton	τὼ ἀ̆βᾰ́τω tṑ abátō	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆βᾰτᾰ tà abata
Genitive	τοῦ ἀ̆βᾰ́του toû abátou	τοῖν ἀ̆βᾰ́τοιν toîn abátoin	τῶν ἀ̆βᾰ́των tôn abátōn
Dative	τῷ ἀ̆βᾰ́τῳ tôi abátōi	τοῖν ἀ̆βᾰ́τοιν toîn abátoin	τοῖς ἀ̆βᾰ́τοις toîs abátois
Accusative	τὸ ἀ̆βᾰτον tò abaton	τὼ ἀ̆βᾰ́τω tṑ abátō	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆βᾰτᾰ tà abata
Vocative	ἀ̆βᾰτον abaton	ἀ̆βᾰ́τω abátō	ἀ̆βᾰτᾰ abata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• 380 BCE – 315 BCE, Theopompus Historicus, Collected Works 313:

  ὃ πεποίηκε Θεόπομπος φήσας τοὺς εἰς τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄβατον ἐμβάντας κατ’ Ἀρκαδίαν ἀσκίους γίνεσθαι.

  hò pepoíēke Theópompos phḗsas toùs eis tò toû Diòs ábaton embántas kat’ Arkadían askíous gínesthai.

• 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 6.623:

  τούτου δέ πως τοῦ γένους ἐστὶ καὶ κιβώρια καὶ κολοκασία, καὶ τὸ καλούμενον ἄβατον.

  toútou dé pōs toû génous estì kaì kibṓria kaì kolokasía, kaì tò kaloúmenon ábaton.

Descendants

• → German: Abaton
• → Russian: абато́н (abatón)
• → English: abaton
• → Indonesian: abaton
• → Italian: abaton
• → Polish: abaton
• → Portuguese: abaton

Further reading

• ἄβατον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἄβατον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἄβατον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press