βολβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The form of the word is expressive, with a kind of reduplication. There are no direct relatives and it is reminiscent of words for round and globular objects, like Latin bulla (“water bubble”) and Latvian burbulis (“water bubble”). Further, similar to Armenian բողկ (boġk, “radish”), Sanskrit बल्बज (balbaja, “Indian goosegrass”), and Albanian bajgë.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βολβός • (bolbós) m (genitive βολβοῦ); second declension

  1. (botany) bulb of various plants, especially onion
  2. tassel hyacinth (Muscari comosum)
    Synonym: ἀγριοκρόμμυον (agriokrómmuon)
  3. (anatomy) eyeball

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βολβός; τοῦ βολβοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βολβός
ho bolbós		 τὼ βολβώ
tṑ bolbṓ		 οἱ βολβοί
hoi bolboí
Genitive τοῦ βολβοῦ
toû bolboû		 τοῖν βολβοῖν
toîn bolboîn		 τῶν βολβῶν
tôn bolbôn
Dative τῷ βολβῷ
tôi bolbôi		 τοῖν βολβοῖν
toîn bolboîn		 τοῖς βολβοῖς
toîs bolboîs
Accusative τὸν βολβόν
tòn bolbón		 τὼ βολβώ
tṑ bolbṓ		 τοὺς βολβούς
toùs bolboús
Vocative βολβέ
bolbé		 βολβώ
bolbṓ		 βολβοί
bolboí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βολβάριον (bolbárion)
  • βολβίνη (bolbínē)
  • βολβίον (bolbíon)
  • βολβίσκος (bolbískos)
  • βολβοειδής (bolboeidḗs)
  • βολβοκάστανον (bolbokástanon)
  • βολβοφακῆ (bolbophakê)
  • βολβώδης (bolbṓdēs)
  • βολβωρυχέω (bolbōrukhéō)

Descendants
  • Greek: βολβός (volvós)
  • → Latin: bulbus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós).

Noun

βολβός • (volvós) m (plural βολβοί)

  1. bulb (daffodil, crocus, etc)
  2. bulb (swollen root of these plants)

Declension
declension of βολβός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βολβός • βολβοί •
genitive βολβού • βολβών •
accusative βολβό • βολβούς •
vocative βολβέ • βολβοί •
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