ἐρέβινθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐρεβίνθη (erebínthē)

Etymology

Related to ὄροβος (órobos) with a Pre-Greek suffix. Other cognates are Proto-Germanic *arwīts and Latin ervum.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ré.bin.tʰos/ → /eˈre.βin.θos/ → /eˈre.vin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ré.bin.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈre.bin.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈre.βin.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈre.vin.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈre.vin.θos/

Noun

ἐρέβῐνθος • (erébinthos) m (genitive ἐρεβῐ́νθου); second declension

1. chickpea

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐρέβῐνθος; τοῦ ἐρεβῐ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρέβῐνθος ho erébinthos	τὼ ἐρεβῐ́νθω tṑ erebínthō	οἱ ἐρέβῐνθοι hoi erébinthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρεβῐ́νθου toû erebínthou	τοῖν ἐρεβῐ́νθοιν toîn erebínthoin	τῶν ἐρεβῐ́νθων tôn erebínthōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρεβῐ́νθῳ tôi erebínthōi	τοῖν ἐρεβῐ́νθοιν toîn erebínthoin	τοῖς ἐρεβῐ́νθοις toîs erebínthois
Accusative	τὸν ἐρέβῐνθον tòn erébinthon	τὼ ἐρεβῐ́νθω tṑ erebínthō	τοὺς ἐρεβῐ́νθους toùs erebínthous
Vocative	ἐρέβῐνθε erébinthe	ἐρεβῐ́νθω erebínthō	ἐρέβῐνθοι erébinthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρεβίνθειος (erebíntheios)
• ἐρεβινθιαῖος (erebinthiaîos)
• ἐρεβίνθινος (erebínthinos)
• ἐρεβίνθιον (erebínthion)
• ἐρεβινθοπώλης (erebinthopṓlēs)
• ἐρεβινθοφόρος (erebinthophóros)
• ἐρεβινθώδης (erebinthṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Koine Greek: ἐρεβίνθιον (erebínthion)
  • Greek: ρεβίθι (revíthi)

References

• “ἐρέβινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρέβινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐρέβινθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐρέβινθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐρέβινθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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