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 • (ámbōn) 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 ámbōn	τὼ ᾰ̓́μβωνε tṑ ámbōne	οἱ ᾰ̓́μβωνες hoi ámbōnes
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́μβωνος toû ámbōnos	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβώνοιν toîn ambṓnoin	τῶν ᾰ̓μβώνων tôn ambṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́μβωνῐ tôi ámbōni	τοῖν ᾰ̓μβώνοιν toîn ambṓnoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́μβωσῐ / ᾰ̓́μβωσῐν toîs ámbōsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓́μβωνᾰ tòn ámbōna	τὼ ᾰ̓́μβωνε tṑ ámbōne	τοὺς ᾰ̓́μβωνᾰς toùs ámbōnas
Vocative	ᾰ̓́μβων ámbōn	ᾰ̓́μβωνε ámbōne	ᾰ̓́μβωνες ámbōnes
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 (2006–2024)