Κάρβων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Carbō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.bɔːn/ → /ˈkar.βon/ → /ˈkar.von/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.bɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.bon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.βon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.von/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.von/

Noun

Κᾰ́ρβων • (Kắrbōn) m (genitive Κᾰ́ρβωνος); third declension

1. Any individual among the Carbo family

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰ́ρβων; τοῦ Κᾰ́ρβωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́ρβων ho Kắrbōn	τὼ Κᾰ́ρβωνε tṑ Kắrbōne	οἱ Κᾰ́ρβωνες hoi Kắrbōnes
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰ́ρβωνος toû Kắrbōnos	τοῖν Κᾰρβώνοιν toîn Kărbṓnoin	τῶν Κᾰρβώνων tôn Kărbṓnōn
Dative	τῷ Κᾰ́ρβωνῐ tôi Kắrbōnĭ	τοῖν Κᾰρβώνοιν toîn Kărbṓnoin	τοῖς Κᾰ́ρβωσῐ / Κᾰ́ρβωσῐν toîs Kắrbōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́ρβωνᾰ tòn Kắrbōnă	τὼ Κᾰ́ρβωνε tṑ Kắrbōne	τοὺς Κᾰ́ρβωνᾰς toùs Kắrbōnăs
Vocative	Κᾰ́ρβων Kắrbōn	Κᾰ́ρβωνε Kắrbōne	Κᾰ́ρβωνες Kắrbōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κάρβων (Kárvon), Κάρβωνας (Kárvonas)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005