ἀλάβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλάβα (alába)

Etymology

Because of its structure, it is probably a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lá.bɛː/ → /aˈla.βi/ → /aˈla.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lá.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈla.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈla.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈla.vi/

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Noun

ἀλάβη • (alábē)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: λιγνύς (lignús, “murky fire”), σποδός (spodós, “embers”), καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; cancer”), μαρίλη (marílē, “coal-dust”).

References

• “ἀλάβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλάβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α