ἄβολος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἀ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ βολή (bolḗ, “throw, cast of dice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.bo.los/ → /ˈa.βo.los/ → /ˈa.vo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.bo.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bo.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.βo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo.los/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́βολος • (ábolos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́βολον); second declension

1. (of a young horse) that has not shed his foal-teeth
2. (of an old horse) that no longer sheds them

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓́βολος; ᾰ̓́βολον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́βολος ábolos	ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon		ᾰ̓βόλω abólō	ᾰ̓βόλω abólō		ᾰ̓́βολοι áboloi	ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola
Genitive		ᾰ̓βόλου abólou	ᾰ̓βόλου abólou		ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin	ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin		ᾰ̓βόλων abólōn	ᾰ̓βόλων abólōn
Dative		ᾰ̓βόλῳ abólōi	ᾰ̓βόλῳ abólōi		ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin	ᾰ̓βόλοιν abóloin		ᾰ̓βόλοις abólois	ᾰ̓βόλοις abólois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon	ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon		ᾰ̓βόλω abólō	ᾰ̓βόλω abólō		ᾰ̓βόλους abólous	ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola
Vocative		ᾰ̓́βολε ábole	ᾰ̓́βολον ábolon		ᾰ̓βόλω abólō	ᾰ̓βόλω abólō		ᾰ̓́βολοι áboloi	ᾰ̓́βολᾰ ábola
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓βόλως abólōs			ᾰ̓βολώτερος abolṓteros			ᾰ̓βολώτᾰτος abolṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄβολα (ábola)

Further reading

• “ἄβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄβολος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)