ἄμβων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄμβη (ámbē)
• ἀνάβων (anábōn)

Etymology

Probably a loanword (substrate); also compare Latin umbo (“boss (of a shield)”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ám.bɔːn/ → /ˈam.bon/ → /ˈam.bon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ám.bɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈam.bon/

Noun

ᾰ̓́μβων • (ắmbōn) m (genitive ᾰ̓́μβωνος); third declension

1. crest of a hill
2. edge of a cup
3. pulpit

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́μβων; τοῦ ᾰ̓́μβωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓́μβων ho ắmbōn	τὼ ᾰ̓́μβωνε tṑ ắmbōne	οἱ ᾰ̓́μβωνες hoi ắmbōnes
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́μβωνος toû ắmbōnos	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβώνοιν toîn ămbṓnoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μβώνων tôn ămbṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́μβωνῐ tôi ắmbōnĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβώνοιν toîn ămbṓnoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́μβωσῐ / ᾰ̓́μβωσῐν toîs ắmbōsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́μβωνᾰ tòn ắmbōnă	τὼ ᾰ̓́μβωνε tṑ ắmbōne	τοὺς ᾰ̓́μβωνᾰς toùs ắmbōnăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓́μβων ắmbōn	ᾰ̓́μβωνε ắmbōne	ᾰ̓́μβωνες ắmbōnes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ambo
  • → English: ambo
• → Old Church Slavonic: амъвонъ (amŭvonŭ)
  • → Romanian: amvon

References

• 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

Further reading

• “ἄμβων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄμβων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄμβων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄμβων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)