ἀραβίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ἀρᾰβῐ́ᾱ (Arăbĭ́ā, “Arabia”) +‎ -ίς (-ís), after its native environment. For the formation compare ἰβηρίς (ibērís, “pepperwort”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.raˈβis/ → /a.raˈvis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.raˈbis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.raˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.raˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.raˈvis/

Noun

ἀρᾰβῐ́ς • (arăbĭ́s) f (genitive ἀρᾰβῐ́δος); third declension

1. whitetop (Lepidium draba)

   Synonym: δρᾰ́βη (drắbē)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀρᾰβῐ́ς; τῆς ἀρᾰβῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρᾰβῐ́ς hē arăbĭ́s	τὼ ἀρᾰβῐ́δε tṑ arăbĭ́de	αἱ ἀρᾰβῐ́δες hai arăbĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἀρᾰβῐ́δος tês arăbĭ́dos	τοῖν ἀρᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn arăbĭ́doin	τῶν ἀρᾰβῐ́δων tôn arăbĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἀρᾰβῐ́δῐ têi arăbĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἀρᾰβῐ́δοιν toîn arăbĭ́doin	ταῖς ἀρᾰβῐ́σῐ / ἀρᾰβῐ́σῐν taîs arăbĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀρᾰβῐ́δᾰ tḕn arăbĭ́dă	τὼ ἀρᾰβῐ́δε tṑ arăbĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἀρᾰβῐ́δᾰς tā̀s arăbĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἀρᾰβῐ́ς arăbĭ́s	ἀρᾰβῐ́δε arăbĭ́de	ἀρᾰβῐ́δες arăbĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Arabis

Further reading

• “ἀραβίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀραβίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)