βίλλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βιλλᾶς (billâs)
• βιλλίν (billín)

Etymology

Furnée compares the word with ἀβίλλιον (abíllion, “manly, masculine”). The prothetic vowel may point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bíl.los/ → /ˈβil.los/ → /ˈvi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bíl.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbil.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβil.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.los/

Noun

βίλλος • (bíllos)

1. The lot of a man

References

• βίλλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN