βδελυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word is mostly explained as formed from βδέω (bdéō, “to break wind”) with a suffix "-λυ-", but this is hardly possible. The derivation of the adjective from βδέω (bdéō) is also not clear semantically. According to Beekes, it is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bde.ly.rós/ → /βðe.lyˈros/ → /vðe.liˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bde.ly.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bde.lyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βðe.lyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vðe.lyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vðe.liˈros/

Adjective

βδελῠρός • (bdelŭrós) m (feminine βδελῠρᾱ́, neuter βδελῠρόν); first/second declension

1. disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, blackguardly

Inflection

First and second declension of βδελῠρός; βδελῠρᾱ́; βδελῠρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βδελῠρός bdelŭrós	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelŭrā́	βδελῠρόν bdelŭrón		βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelŭrā́	βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ		βδελῠροί bdelŭroí	βδελῠραί bdelŭraí	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelŭrắ
Genitive		βδελῠροῦ bdelŭroû	βδελῠρᾶς bdelŭrâs	βδελῠροῦ bdelŭroû		βδελῠροῖν bdelŭroîn	βδελῠραῖν bdelŭraîn	βδελῠροῖν bdelŭroîn		βδελῠρῶν bdelŭrôn	βδελῠρῶν bdelŭrôn	βδελῠρῶν bdelŭrôn
Dative		βδελῠρῷ bdelŭrôi	βδελῠρᾷ bdelŭrâi	βδελῠρῷ bdelŭrôi		βδελῠροῖν bdelŭroîn	βδελῠραῖν bdelŭraîn	βδελῠροῖν bdelŭroîn		βδελῠροῖς bdelŭroîs	βδελῠραῖς bdelŭraîs	βδελῠροῖς bdelŭroîs
Accusative		βδελῠρόν bdelŭrón	βδελῠρᾱ́ν bdelŭrā́n	βδελῠρόν bdelŭrón		βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelŭrā́	βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ		βδελῠρούς bdelŭroús	βδελῠρᾱ́ς bdelŭrā́s	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelŭrắ
Vocative		βδελῠρέ bdelŭré	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelŭrā́	βδελῠρόν bdelŭrón		βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ	βδελῠρᾱ́ bdelŭrā́	βδελῠρώ bdelŭrṓ		βδελῠροί bdelŭroí	βδελῠραί bdelŭraí	βδελῠρᾰ́ bdelŭrắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βδελῠρῶς bdelŭrôs				βδελῠρώτερος bdelŭrṓteros				βδελῠρώτᾰτος bdelŭrṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βδέλυγμα (bdélugma)
• βδελυγμία (bdelugmía)
• βδελυγμός (bdelugmós)
• βδελυκτός (bdeluktós)
• βδελύκτροπος (bdelúktropos)
• βδελυρεύομαι (bdelureúomai)
• βδελυρία (bdeluría)
• βδελύσσομαι (bdelússomai)
• βδελυχρός (bdelukhrós)

Descendants

• →⇒ Translingual: Pambdelurion
  • → English: pambdelurion

Further reading

• “βδελυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βδελυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βδελυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βδελυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βδελυρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208