μάγδωλος

See also: Μάγδωλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαγδώλος (magdṓlos)

Etymology

From a Semitic source; compare Hebrew מגדל (migdál, “tower”) and Akkadian 𒈠𒀜𒂵𒆷𒌅 (madgaltu, “watchtower”); for further etymology and connections see Arabic مِجْدَل (mijdal).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /máɡ.dɔː.los/ → /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/ → /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /máɡ.dɔː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.do.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣ.ðo.los/

Noun

μᾰ́γδωλος • (mắgdōlos) m (genitive μᾰγδώλου); second declension

1. watchtower

   Synonym: σκοπή (skopḗ)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μᾰ́γδωλος; τοῦ μᾰγδώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰ́γδωλος ho mắgdōlos	τὼ μᾰγδώλω tṑ măgdṓlō	οἱ μᾰ́γδωλοι hoi mắgdōloi
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰγδώλου toû măgdṓlou	τοῖν μᾰγδώλοιν toîn măgdṓloin	τῶν μᾰγδώλων tôn măgdṓlōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰγδώλῳ tôi măgdṓlōi	τοῖν μᾰγδώλοιν toîn măgdṓloin	τοῖς μᾰγδώλοις toîs măgdṓlois
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́γδωλον tòn mắgdōlon	τὼ μᾰγδώλω tṑ măgdṓlō	τοὺς μᾰγδώλους toùs măgdṓlous
Vocative	μᾰ́γδωλε mắgdōle	μᾰγδώλω măgdṓlō	μᾰ́γδωλοι mắgdōloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μάγδωλος (Mágdōlos)
• μαγδωλοφυλακία (magdōlophulakía)
• μαγδωλοφύλαξ (magdōlophúlax)

Further reading

• “μάγδωλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μάγδωλος 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