καράβιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καράβιν (karábin) — Byzantine

Etymology

From κάραβος (kárabos, “a small boat”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaː.rá.bi.on/ → /kaˈra.βi.on/ → /kaˈra.vi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kaː.rá.bi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.bi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.βi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.vi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈra.vi.on/

Noun

κᾱρᾰ́βῐον • (kārắbĭon) n (genitive κᾱρᾰβῐ́ον); second declension

1. diminutive of κάραβος (kárabos, “a small boat”)
2. (Byzantine) ship

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον; τοῦ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον tò kārắbĭon	τὼ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ kārăbĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ tằ kārắbĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ου toû kārăbĭ́ou	τοῖν κᾱρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn kārăbĭ́oin	τῶν κᾱρᾰβῐ́ων tôn kārăbĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ῳ tôi kārăbĭ́ōi	τοῖν κᾱρᾰβῐ́οιν toîn kārăbĭ́oin	τοῖς κᾱρᾰβῐ́οις toîs kārăbĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κᾱρᾰ́βῐον tò kārắbĭon	τὼ κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω tṑ kārăbĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ tằ kārắbĭă
Vocative	κᾱρᾰ́βῐον kārắbĭon	κᾱρᾰβῐ́ω kārăbĭ́ō	κᾱρᾰ́βῐᾰ kārắbĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: καράβι (karávi)
• Mariupol Greek: кара́в (karáv), кара́ви (karávi), кара́вь (karávʹ)
• Pontic Greek: καράβι (karávi), καράβιν (karávin), καράβ’ (karáv’)
  • → Laz: კარავი (ǩaravi)
• Tsakonian: καράβι (karávi), καράδι (karádi), καράιδι (karáidi), καβάβι (kavávi)
• → Aromanian: cãravi, cãrave, cãradi
• → Proto-Slavic: *korabľь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “καράβιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καράβιν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften