ἀστρολάβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) +‎ λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tro.lá.bos/ → /as.troˈla.βos/ → /as.troˈla.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tro.lá.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.troˈla.vos/

Noun

ἀστρολᾰ́βος • (astrolắbos) m (genitive ἀστρολᾰ́βου); second declension

1. armillary sphere
2. planisphere

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρολᾰ́βος; τοῦ ἀστρολᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρολᾰ́βος ho astrolắbos	τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolắbō	οἱ ἀστρολᾰ́βοι hoi astrolắboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρολᾰ́βου toû astrolắbou	τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astrolắboin	τῶν ἀστρολᾰ́βων tôn astrolắbōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρολᾰ́βῳ tôi astrolắbōi	τοῖν ἀστρολᾰ́βοιν toîn astrolắboin	τοῖς ἀστρολᾰ́βοις toîs astrolắbois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρολᾰ́βον tòn astrolắbon	τὼ ἀστρολᾰ́βω tṑ astrolắbō	τοὺς ἀστρολᾰ́βους toùs astrolắbous
Vocative	ἀστρολᾰ́βε astrolắbe	ἀστρολᾰ́βω astrolắbō	ἀστρολᾰ́βοι astrolắboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀστρολάβιον (astrolábion)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَسْطُرْلَاب (ʔasṭurlāb)
• → English: astrolabe
• → French: astrolabe
• → Russian: астролябия (astroljabija)
• Greek: αστρολάβος (astrolávos)

Further reading

• “ἀστρολάβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀστρολάβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστρολάβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)