σαβακός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.ba.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sa.baˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sa.βaˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sa.vaˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sa.vaˈkos/
Adjective
[edit]σᾰβᾰκός • (săbăkós) m (feminine σᾰβᾰκή, neuter σᾰβᾰκόν); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σᾰβᾰκός săbăkós |
σᾰβᾰκή săbăkḗ |
σᾰβᾰκόν săbăkón |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ săbăkā́ |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκοί săbăkoí |
σᾰβᾰκαί săbăkaí |
σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ săbăkắ | |||||
Genitive | σᾰβᾰκοῦ săbăkoû |
σᾰβᾰκῆς săbăkês |
σᾰβᾰκοῦ săbăkoû |
σᾰβᾰκοῖν săbăkoîn |
σᾰβᾰκαῖν săbăkaîn |
σᾰβᾰκοῖν săbăkoîn |
σᾰβᾰκῶν săbăkôn |
σᾰβᾰκῶν săbăkôn |
σᾰβᾰκῶν săbăkôn | |||||
Dative | σᾰβᾰκῷ săbăkôi |
σᾰβᾰκῇ săbăkêi |
σᾰβᾰκῷ săbăkôi |
σᾰβᾰκοῖν săbăkoîn |
σᾰβᾰκαῖν săbăkaîn |
σᾰβᾰκοῖν săbăkoîn |
σᾰβᾰκοῖς săbăkoîs |
σᾰβᾰκαῖς săbăkaîs |
σᾰβᾰκοῖς săbăkoîs | |||||
Accusative | σᾰβᾰκόν săbăkón |
σᾰβᾰκήν săbăkḗn |
σᾰβᾰκόν săbăkón |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ săbăkā́ |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκούς săbăkoús |
σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ς săbăkā́s |
σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ săbăkắ | |||||
Vocative | σᾰβᾰκέ săbăké |
σᾰβᾰκή săbăkḗ |
σᾰβᾰκόν săbăkón |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκᾱ́ săbăkā́ |
σᾰβᾰκώ săbăkṓ |
σᾰβᾰκοί săbăkoí |
σᾰβᾰκαί săbăkaí |
σᾰβᾰκᾰ́ săbăkắ | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σᾰβᾰκῶς săbăkôs |
σᾰβᾰκώτερος săbăkṓteros |
σᾰβᾰκώτᾰτος săbăkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “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