σαβακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation can be compared with μαλακός (malakós, “soft, light; effeminate”) and τριβακός (tribakós, “rubbed, worn”), but the etymology is unknown. Furnée connects σαυκός (saukós, “dry”), which very strongly suggests Pre-Greek origin for this word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ba.kós/ → /sa.βaˈkos/ → /sa.vaˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ba.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.baˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.βaˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.vaˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.vaˈkos/

Adjective

σᾰβᾰκός • (sabakós) m (feminine σᾰβᾰκή, neuter σᾰβᾰκόν); first/second declension

1. (of inner organs) damaged, rotten
2. feeble, effeminate, womanish

   Synonym: μᾰλᾰκός (malakós)

Inflection

First and second declension of σᾰβᾰκός; σᾰβᾰκή; σᾰβᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σᾰβᾰκός sabakós	σᾰβᾰκή sabakḗ	σᾰβᾰκόν sabakón		σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ	σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ sabakā́	σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ		σᾰβᾰκοί sabakoí	σᾰβᾰκαί sabakaí	σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ sabaká
Genitive		σᾰβᾰκοῦ sabakoû	σᾰβᾰκῆς sabakês	σᾰβᾰκοῦ sabakoû		σᾰβᾰκοῖν sabakoîn	σᾰβᾰκαῖν sabakaîn	σᾰβᾰκοῖν sabakoîn		σᾰβᾰκῶν sabakôn	σᾰβᾰκῶν sabakôn	σᾰβᾰκῶν sabakôn
Dative		σᾰβᾰκῷ sabakôi	σᾰβᾰκῇ sabakêi	σᾰβᾰκῷ sabakôi		σᾰβᾰκοῖν sabakoîn	σᾰβᾰκαῖν sabakaîn	σᾰβᾰκοῖν sabakoîn		σᾰβᾰκοῖς sabakoîs	σᾰβᾰκαῖς sabakaîs	σᾰβᾰκοῖς sabakoîs
Accusative		σᾰβᾰκόν sabakón	σᾰβᾰκήν sabakḗn	σᾰβᾰκόν sabakón		σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ	σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ sabakā́	σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ		σᾰβᾰκούς sabakoús	σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ς sabakā́s	σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ sabaká
Vocative		σᾰβᾰκέ sabaké	σᾰβᾰκή sabakḗ	σᾰβᾰκόν sabakón		σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ	σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ sabakā́	σᾰβᾰκώ sabakṓ		σᾰβᾰκοί sabakoí	σᾰβᾰκαί sabakaí	σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ sabaká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σᾰβᾰκῶς sabakôs				σᾰβᾰκώτερος sabakṓteros				σᾰβᾰκώτᾰτος sabakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σαβακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαβακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σαβακός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1299