ἄσβολος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀσβόλη (asbólē)

Etymology

Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin, in view of the rare cluster "-σβ-" and the variant σποδός (spodós, “ashes”). According to Beekes, the word is also connected with ψόλος (psólos, “soot, smoke”) and σπολεύς (spoleús, “loaf of bread”). Compare also ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “bitumen, asphalt”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áz.bo.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈaz.bo.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaz.βo.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaz.vo.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaz.vo.los/

Noun

ἄσβολος • (ásbolos) f (genitive ἀσβόλου); second declension

soot
Synonyms: αἴθαλος (aíthalos), ψόλος (psólos)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ ἄσβολος; τῆς ἀσβόλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄσβολος hē ásbolos	τὼ ἀσβόλω tṑ asbólō	αἱ ἄσβολοι hai ásboloi
Genitive	τῆς ἀσβόλου tês asbólou	τοῖν ἀσβόλοιν toîn asbóloin	τῶν ἀσβόλων tôn asbólōn
Dative	τῇ ἀσβόλῳ têi asbólōi	τοῖν ἀσβόλοιν toîn asbóloin	ταῖς ἀσβόλοις taîs asbólois
Accusative	τὴν ἄσβολον tḕn ásbolon	τὼ ἀσβόλω tṑ asbólō	τᾱ̀ς ἀσβόλους tā̀s asbólous
Vocative	ἄσβολε ásbole	ἀσβόλω asbólō	ἄσβολοι ásboloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀσβολάω (asboláō)
ἀσβολοποιός (asbolopoiós)
ἀσβολόω (asbolóō)
ἀσβολώδης (asbolṓdēs)

Descendants

> Greek: ασβόλη (asvóli) (inherited)

“ἄσβολος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄσβολος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄσβολος 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