βαυβών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same onomatopoeic root of βαυβάω (baubáō, “to sleep”) and βαυβώ (baubṓ, “nurse of Demeter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/ → /βaβˈβon/ → /vavˈvon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bawˈbon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βaβˈβon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vavˈvon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vavˈvon/

Noun

βαυβών • (baubṓn) m (genitive βαυβῶνος); third declension

1. dildo, leathern penis

   Synonym: ὄλισβος (ólisbos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ βαυβών; τοῦ βαυβῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βαυβών ho baubṓn	τὼ βαυβῶνε tṑ baubône	οἱ βαυβῶνες hoi baubônes
Genitive	τοῦ βαυβῶνος toû baubônos	τοῖν βαυβώνοιν toîn baubṓnoin	τῶν βαυβώνων tôn baubṓnōn
Dative	τῷ βαυβῶνῐ tôi baubônĭ	τοῖν βαυβώνοιν toîn baubṓnoin	τοῖς βαυβῶσῐ / βαυβῶσῐν toîs baubôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν βαυβῶνᾰ tòn baubônă	τὼ βαυβῶνε tṑ baubône	τοὺς βαυβῶνᾰς toùs baubônăs
Vocative	βαυβών baubṓn	βαυβῶνε baubône	βαυβῶνες baubônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βαυβών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βαυβών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαυβών 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