ὄλισβος

See also: όλισβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to be slippery”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.liz.bos/ → /ˈo.liz.βos/ → /ˈo.liz.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.liz.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.vos/

Noun

ὄλισβος • (ólisbos) m (genitive ὀλίσβου); second declension

1. a dildo, a leathern penis

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄλισβος; τοῦ ὀλίσβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄλισβος ho ólisbos	τὼ ὀλίσβω tṑ olísbō	οἱ ὄλισβοι hoi ólisboi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλίσβου toû olísbou	τοῖν ὀλίσβοιν toîn olísboin	τῶν ὀλίσβων tôn olísbōn
Dative	τῷ ὀλίσβῳ tôi olísbōi	τοῖν ὀλίσβοιν toîn olísboin	τοῖς ὀλίσβοις toîs olísbois
Accusative	τὸν ὄλισβον tòn ólisbon	τὼ ὀλίσβω tṑ olísbō	τοὺς ὀλίσβους toùs olísbous
Vocative	ὄλισβε ólisbe	ὀλίσβω olísbō	ὄλισβοι ólisboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: olisbe
• English: olisbos
• Greek: όλισβος (ólisvos)

Further reading

• “ὄλισβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press