βέβηλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βέβᾱλος (bébālos) — Doric

Etymology

From a reduplicated version of the root of ἔβην (ébēn), the aorist of βαίνω (baínō, “to go”), +‎ -λος (-los).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bé.bɛː.los/ → /ˈβe.βi.los/ → /ˈve.vi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bé.bɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.be̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβe.βi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/

Adjective

βέβηλος • (bébēlos) m or f (neuter βέβηλον); second declension

1. allowed to be gone through
   1. permitted, allowed, public
2. not holy; uninitiated [with genitive ‘in something’]

Inflection

Second declension of βέβηλος; βέβηλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βέβηλος bébēlos	βέβηλον bébēlon		βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō		βέβηλοι bébēloi	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Genitive		βεβήλου bebḗlou	βεβήλου bebḗlou		βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin		βεβήλων bebḗlōn	βεβήλων bebḗlōn
Dative		βεβήλῳ bebḗlōi	βεβήλῳ bebḗlōi		βεβήλοιν bebḗloin	βεβήλοιν bebḗloin		βεβήλοις bebḗlois	βεβήλοις bebḗlois
Accusative		βέβηλον bébēlon	βέβηλον bébēlon		βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō		βεβήλους bebḗlous	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Vocative		βέβηλε bébēle	βέβηλον bébēlon		βεβήλω bebḗlō	βεβήλω bebḗlō		βέβηλοι bébēloi	βέβηλᾰ bébēla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βεβήλως bebḗlōs			βεβηλότερος bebēlóteros			βεβηλότᾰτος bebēlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (passable): βᾰτός (batós)

Derived terms

• ἀβέβηλος (abébēlos)
• βεβηλότης (bebēlótēs)
• βεβηλόω (bebēlóō)
• βεβήλωσις (bebḗlōsis)

 

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: ბებელი (bebeli, “dog's feces”), ბებელუა (bebelua, “to desecrate”)

References

• “βέβηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βέβηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βέβηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G952 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • profane idem, page 653.
  • secular idem, page 747.
  • unconsecrated idem, page 911.
  • unhallowed idem, page 920.
  • unholy idem, page 921.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βέβηλος (bébēlos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.vi.los/
• Hyphenation: βέ‧βη‧λος

Adjective

βέβηλος • (vévilos) m (feminine βέβηλη, neuter βέβηλο)

1. profane (one who treats sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn)

Declension

Declension of βέβηλος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	βέβηλος (vévilos)	βέβηλη (vévili)	βέβηλο (vévilo)		βέβηλοι (véviloi)	βέβηλες (véviles)	βέβηλα (vévila)
genitive	βέβηλου (vévilou)	βέβηλης (vévilis)	βέβηλου (vévilou)		βέβηλων (vévilon)	βέβηλων (vévilon)	βέβηλων (vévilon)
accusative	βέβηλο (vévilo)	βέβηλη (vévili)	βέβηλο (vévilo)		βέβηλους (vévilous)	βέβηλες (véviles)	βέβηλα (vévila)
vocative	βέβηλε (vévile)	βέβηλη (vévili)	βέβηλο (vévilo)		βέβηλοι (véviloi)	βέβηλες (véviles)	βέβηλα (vévila)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο βέβηλος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο βέβηλος, etc.)

Further reading

• βέβηλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language