ὄλισβος

See also: όλισβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to be slippery”). However, according to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word, in view of the suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.liz.bos/ → /ˈo.liz.βos/ → /ˈo.liz.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.liz.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.liz.vos/

Noun

ὄλῐσβος • (ólisbos) m (genitive ὀλῐ́σβου); second declension

1. dildo, leathern penis

   Synonym: βαυβών (baubṓn)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄλῐσβος; τοῦ ὀλῐ́σβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄλῐσβος ho ólisbos	τὼ ὀλῐ́σβω tṑ olísbō	οἱ ὄλῐσβοι hoi ólisboi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλῐ́σβου toû olísbou	τοῖν ὀλῐ́σβοιν toîn olísboin	τῶν ὀλῐ́σβων tôn olísbōn
Dative	τῷ ὀλῐ́σβῳ tôi olísbōi	τοῖν ὀλῐ́σβοιν toîn olísboin	τοῖς ὀλῐ́σβοις toîs olísbois
Accusative	τὸν ὄλῐσβον tòn ólisbon	τὼ ὀλῐ́σβω tṑ olísbō	τοὺς ὀλῐ́σβους toùs olísbous
Vocative	ὄλῐσβε ólisbe	ὀλῐ́σβω olísbō	ὄλῐσβοι ólisboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: olisbe
• English: olisbos
• Greek: όλισβος (ólisvos)

Further reading

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