ἐριβῶλαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐρίβωλος (eríbōlos)

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of ἐρι- (eri-, intensive prefix) +‎ βῶλαξ (bôlax, “clod, clump of earth”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ri.bɔ̂ː.laks/ → /e.riˈβo.laks/ → /e.riˈvo.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ri.bɔ̂ː.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈbo.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈβo.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈvo.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈvo.laks/

Adjective

ἐρῐβῶλαξ • (eribôlax) m or f (neuter ἐρῐβῶλαξ); third declension

1. (Epic) having large clods, very fertile

Declension

Third declension of ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ; ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ (Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ eribôlax	ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ eribôlax		ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake	ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake		ἐρῐβώλᾰκες eribṓlakes	ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ eribṓlaka
Genitive		ἐρῐβώλᾰκος eribṓlakos	ἐρῐβώλᾰκος eribṓlakos		ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν eribōlákoiin	ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν eribōlákoiin		ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κων eribōlákōn	ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κων eribōlákōn
Dative		ἐρῐβώλᾰκῐ eribṓlaki	ἐρῐβώλᾰκῐ eribṓlaki		ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν eribōlákoiin	ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κοιῐν eribōlákoiin		ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐ / ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐν eribṓlaxi(n) / eribōlákessi(n) / eribōlákesi(n)	ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐ / ἐρῐβώλᾰξῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσσῐν / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐ / ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κεσῐν eribṓlaxi(n) / eribōlákessi(n) / eribōlákesi(n)
Accusative		ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ eribṓlaka	ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ eribôlax		ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake	ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake		ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰς eribṓlakas	ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ eribṓlaka
Vocative		ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ eribôlax	ἐρῐβῶλᾰξ eribôlax		ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake	ἐρῐβώλᾰκε eribṓlake		ἐρῐβώλᾰκες eribṓlakes	ἐρῐβώλᾰκᾰ eribṓlaka
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐρῐβωλᾰ́κως eribōlákōs			—			—
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

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