παῦλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from παύω (paúō, “to stop, abate”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pâu̯.la/ → /ˈpa.βla/ → /ˈpa.vla/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pâu̯.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaw.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.βla/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vla/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vla/

Noun

παῦλᾰ • (paûla) f (genitive παύλης); first declension

1. rest, pause

   Synonyms: ἐρωή (erōḗ), παῦσῐς (paûsis)

2. cessation, end

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παῦλᾰ; τῆς παύλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παῦλᾰ hē paûla	τὼ παύλᾱ tṑ paúlā	αἱ παῦλαι hai paûlai
Genitive	τῆς παύλης tês paúlēs	τοῖν παύλαιν toîn paúlain	τῶν παυλῶν tôn paulôn
Dative	τῇ παύλῃ têi paúlēi	τοῖν παύλαιν toîn paúlain	ταῖς παύλαις taîs paúlais
Accusative	τὴν παῦλᾰν tḕn paûlan	τὼ παύλᾱ tṑ paúlā	τᾱ̀ς παύλᾱς tā̀s paúlās
Vocative	παῦλᾰ paûla	παύλᾱ paúlā	παῦλαι paûlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παῦλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παῦλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παῦλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette