Βαρβαλισσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βαρβαλισός (Barbalisós), Βαρβαρισσός (Barbarissós)

Etymology

From Latin Barbalissus, from Aramaic.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bar.ba.lis.sós/ → /βar.βa.lisˈsos/ → /var.va.liˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bar.ba.lis.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bar.ba.lisˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βar.βa.lisˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /var.va.lisˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /var.va.liˈsos/

Proper noun

Βαρβαλισσός • (Barbalissós) m (genitive Βαρβαλισσοῦ); second declension

1. (Byzantine, historical) Barbalissus (an ancient city in Aleppo Governorate, Syria), Balis (a medieval city).

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βαρβαλισσός; τοῦ Βαρβαλισσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βαρβαλισσός ho Barbalissós
Genitive	τοῦ Βαρβαλισσοῦ toû Barbalissoû
Dative	τῷ Βαρβαλισσῷ tôi Barbalissôi
Accusative	τὸν Βαρβαλισσόν tòn Barbalissón
Vocative	Βαρβαλισσέ Barbalissé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βαρβαλισσηνός (Barbalissēnós)

Descendants

• Arabic: بالس
• English: Barbalissos