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 • (ólĭsbos) 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 ólĭsbos	τὼ ὀλῐ́σβω tṑ olĭ́sbō	οἱ ὄλῐσβοι hoi ólĭsboi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλῐ́σβου toû olĭ́sbou	τοῖν ὀλῐ́σβοιν toîn olĭ́sboin	τῶν ὀλῐ́σβων tôn olĭ́sbōn
Dative	τῷ ὀλῐ́σβῳ tôi olĭ́sbōi	τοῖν ὀλῐ́σβοιν toîn olĭ́sboin	τοῖς ὀλῐ́σβοις toîs olĭ́sbois
Accusative	τὸν ὄλῐσβον tòn ólĭsbon	τὼ ὀλῐ́σβω tṑ olĭ́sbō	τοὺς ὀλῐ́σβους toùs olĭ́sbous
Vocative	ὄλῐσβε ólĭsbe	ὀλῐ́σβω olĭ́sbō	ὄλῐσβοι ólĭsboi
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