τετρασύλλαβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τετρᾰ- (tetră-, “four”) +‎ σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.tra.sýl.la.bos/ → /te.traˈsyl.la.βos/ → /te.traˈsi.la.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /te.tra.sýl.la.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsyl.la.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /te.traˈsi.la.vos/

Adjective

τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος • (tetrăsŭ́llăbos) m or f (neuter τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον); second declension

1. of four syllables
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Dream or The Cock 29

Inflection

Second declension of τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος; τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβος tetrăsŭ́llăbos	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō		τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι tetrăsŭ́llăboi	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Genitive		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου tetrăsŭllắbou	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βου tetrăsŭllắbou		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων tetrăsŭllắbōn	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βων tetrăsŭllắbōn
Dative		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ tetrăsŭllắbōi	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βῳ tetrăsŭllắbōi		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοιν tetrăsŭllắboin		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις tetrăsŭllắbois	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βοις tetrăsŭllắbois
Accusative		τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βους tetrăsŭllắbous	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Vocative		τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβε tetrăsŭ́llăbe	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβον tetrăsŭ́llăbon		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō	τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βω tetrăsŭllắbō		τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβοι tetrăsŭ́llăboi	τετρᾰσῠ́λλᾰβᾰ tetrăsŭ́llăbă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τετρᾰσῠλλᾰ́βως tetrăsŭllắbōs			τετρᾰσῠλλᾰβώτερος tetrăsŭllăbṓteros			τετρᾰσῠλλᾰβώτᾰτος tetrăsŭllăbṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “τετρασύλλαβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τετρασύλλαβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette