βαυβών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from the same onomatopoeic root of βαυβάω (baubáō, “to sleep”) and βαυβώ (baubṓ, “nurse of Demeter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bawˈbon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βaβˈβon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vavˈvon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vavˈvon/
Noun
βαυβών • (baubṓn) m (genitive βαυβῶνος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βαυβών ho baubṓn |
τὼ βαυβῶνε tṑ baubône |
οἱ βαυβῶνες hoi baubônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαυβῶνος toû baubônos |
τοῖν βαυβώνοιν toîn baubṓnoin |
τῶν βαυβώνων tôn baubṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαυβῶνῐ tôi baubôni |
τοῖν βαυβώνοιν toîn baubṓnoin |
τοῖς βαυβῶσῐ / βαυβῶσῐν toîs baubôsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βαυβῶνᾰ tòn baubôna |
τὼ βαυβῶνε tṑ baubône |
τοὺς βαυβῶνᾰς toùs baubônas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαυβών baubṓn |
βαυβῶνε baubône |
βαυβῶνες baubônes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαυβών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαυβών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαυβών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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
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