λοβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”), if such a root exists. Uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lo.bós/ → /loˈβos/ → /loˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈvos/

Noun

λοβός • (lobós) m (genitive λοβοῦ); second declension

1. (anatomy) lobe of the ear
2. (anatomy) lobe of the liver
3. (anatomy) lobe of the lung
4. (botany) capsule or pod of leguminous plants

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λοβός; τοῦ λοβοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λοβός ho lobós	τὼ λοβώ tṑ lobṓ	οἱ λοβοί hoi loboí
Genitive	τοῦ λοβοῦ toû loboû	τοῖν λοβοῖν toîn loboîn	τῶν λοβῶν tôn lobôn
Dative	τῷ λοβῷ tôi lobôi	τοῖν λοβοῖν toîn loboîn	τοῖς λοβοῖς toîs loboîs
Accusative	τὸν λοβόν tòn lobón	τὼ λοβώ tṑ lobṓ	τοὺς λοβούς toùs loboús
Vocative	λοβέ lobé	λοβώ lobṓ	λοβοί loboí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λόβιον (lóbion)
• πρόλοβος (prólobos)
• ἐλλόβιον (ellóbion)
• ἐπιλοβίς (epilobís)
• ἀντιλόβιον (antilóbion)

Descendants

• → English: lobus
• Italian: lobo
• → Middle French: lobe
  • → English: lobe
  • French: lobe

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοβός m (lobós), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b- (“to hang loosely”).

Noun

λοβός • (lovós) m (plural λοβοί)

1. lobe

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	λοβός (lovós)	λοβοί (lovoí)
genitive	λοβού (lovoú)	λοβών (lovón)
accusative	λοβό (lovó)	λοβούς (lovoús)
vocative	λοβέ (lové)	λοβοί (lovoí)