ἰώβηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יובל (yovél).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈo.βi.los/ → /iˈo.vi.los/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈo.βi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈo.vi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈo.vi.los/

Noun

ἰώβηλος • (iṓbēlos) m (genitive ἰωβήλου); second declension

1. jubilee
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 3.283

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἰώβηλος; τοῦ ἰωβήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἰώβηλος ho iṓbēlos	τὼ ἰωβήλω tṑ iōbḗlō	οἱ ἰώβηλοι hoi iṓbēloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰωβήλου toû iōbḗlou	τοῖν ἰωβήλοιν toîn iōbḗloin	τῶν ἰωβήλων tôn iōbḗlōn
Dative	τῷ ἰωβήλῳ tôi iōbḗlōi	τοῖν ἰωβήλοιν toîn iōbḗloin	τοῖς ἰωβήλοις toîs iōbḗlois
Accusative	τὸν ἰώβηλον tòn iṓbēlon	τὼ ἰωβήλω tṑ iōbḗlō	τοὺς ἰωβήλους toùs iōbḗlous
Vocative	ἰώβηλε iṓbēle	ἰωβήλω iōbḗlō	ἰώβηλοι iṓbēloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Old Armenian: յոբելեան (yobelean)
  • Armenian: հոբելյան (hobelyan)

Further reading

• ἰώβηλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften