σοβαρός
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From σοβ(έω) (sob(éō), “to scare away”) + -αρός (-arós).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /so.ba.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.baˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.βaˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.vaˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.vaˈros/
Adjective
[edit]σοβᾰρός • (sobărós) m (feminine σοβᾰρᾱ́, neuter σοβᾰρόν); first/second declension
- rushing, violent
- swaggering, pompous, haughty
- (of things) rousing, imposing, impressive
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σοβᾰρός sobărós |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ sobărā́ |
σοβᾰρόν sobărón |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ sobărā́ |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰροί sobăroí |
σοβᾰραί sobăraí |
σοβᾰρᾰ́ sobărắ | |||||
Genitive | σοβᾰροῦ sobăroû |
σοβᾰρᾶς sobărâs |
σοβᾰροῦ sobăroû |
σοβᾰροῖν sobăroîn |
σοβᾰραῖν sobăraîn |
σοβᾰροῖν sobăroîn |
σοβᾰρῶν sobărôn |
σοβᾰρῶν sobărôn |
σοβᾰρῶν sobărôn | |||||
Dative | σοβᾰρῷ sobărôi |
σοβᾰρᾷ sobărâi |
σοβᾰρῷ sobărôi |
σοβᾰροῖν sobăroîn |
σοβᾰραῖν sobăraîn |
σοβᾰροῖν sobăroîn |
σοβᾰροῖς sobăroîs |
σοβᾰραῖς sobăraîs |
σοβᾰροῖς sobăroîs | |||||
Accusative | σοβᾰρόν sobărón |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ν sobărā́n |
σοβᾰρόν sobărón |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ sobărā́ |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰρούς sobăroús |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ς sobărā́s |
σοβᾰρᾰ́ sobărắ | |||||
Vocative | σοβᾰρέ sobăré |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ sobărā́ |
σοβᾰρόν sobărón |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰρᾱ́ sobărā́ |
σοβᾰρώ sobărṓ |
σοβᾰροί sobăroí |
σοβᾰραί sobăraí |
σοβᾰρᾰ́ sobărắ | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σοβᾰρῶς sobărôs |
σοβᾰρώτερος sobărṓteros |
σοβᾰρώτᾰτος sobărṓtătos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- σοβᾰρεύομαι (sobăreúomai)
- σοβᾰρητῐκός (sobărētĭkós)
- σοβᾰροβλέφᾰρος (sobărobléphăros)
Descendants
[edit]- → Greek: σοβαρός (sovarós) (learned)
References
[edit]- ^ σοβαρός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
[edit]- “σοβαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σοβαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σοβαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learnedly, from Ancient Greek σοβαρός (sobarós, “pompous”) and semantic loan from Italian serioso.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]σοβαρός • (sovarós) m (feminine σοβαρή, neuter σοβαρό)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | σοβαρός (sovarós) | σοβαρή (sovarí) | σοβαρό (sovaró) | σοβαροί (sovaroí) | σοβαρές (sovarés) | σοβαρά (sovará) | |
genitive | σοβαρού (sovaroú) | σοβαρής (sovarís) | σοβαρού (sovaroú) | σοβαρών (sovarón) | σοβαρών (sovarón) | σοβαρών (sovarón) | |
accusative | σοβαρό (sovaró) | σοβαρή (sovarí) | σοβαρό (sovaró) | σοβαρούς (sovaroús) | σοβαρές (sovarés) | σοβαρά (sovará) | |
vocative | σοβαρέ (sovaré) | σοβαρή (sovarí) | σοβαρό (sovaró) | σοβαροί (sovaroí) | σοβαρές (sovarés) | σοβαρά (sovará) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο σοβαρός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο σοβαρός, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο σοβαρότερος", etc)
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Related terms
[edit]- ασοβάρευτος (asováreftos)
- ασόβαρος (asóvaros) (colloquial)
- σοβαρεύω (sovarévo)
- σοβαρολογώ (sovarologó)
- σοβαρότητα f (sovarótita)
- σοβαροφάνεια f (sovarofáneia)
- σοβαροφανής (sovarofanís)
References
[edit]- ^ σοβαρός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -αρός
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek semantic loans from Italian
- Greek terms derived from Italian
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό