ἠβαιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Leumann, it arose by false split from οὐ δή βαιόν (ou dḗ baión). A prefix ἠ- (ē-) is improbable.

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

ἠβαιός • (ēbaiós) m (feminine ἠβαιᾱ́, neuter ἠβαιόν); first/second declension

  1. little, small
    Synonyms: βαιός (baiós), μῑκρός (mīkrós), τῠτθός (tutthós)

Declension
First and second declension of ἠβαιός; ἠβαιᾱ́; ἠβαιόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative ἠβαιός
ēbaiós		 ἠβαιᾱ́
ēbaiā́		 ἠβαιόν
ēbaión		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιᾱ́
ēbaiā́		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιοί
ēbaioí		 ἠβαιαί
ēbaiaí		 ἠβαιᾰ́
ēbaiá
Genitive ἠβαιοῦ
ēbaioû		 ἠβαιᾶς
ēbaiâs		 ἠβαιοῦ
ēbaioû		 ἠβαιοῖν
ēbaioîn		 ἠβαιαῖν
ēbaiaîn		 ἠβαιοῖν
ēbaioîn		 ἠβαιῶν
ēbaiôn		 ἠβαιῶν
ēbaiôn		 ἠβαιῶν
ēbaiôn
Dative ἠβαιῷ
ēbaiôi		 ἠβαιᾷ
ēbaiâi		 ἠβαιῷ
ēbaiôi		 ἠβαιοῖν
ēbaioîn		 ἠβαιαῖν
ēbaiaîn		 ἠβαιοῖν
ēbaioîn		 ἠβαιοῖς
ēbaioîs		 ἠβαιαῖς
ēbaiaîs		 ἠβαιοῖς
ēbaioîs
Accusative ἠβαιόν
ēbaión		 ἠβαιᾱ́ν
ēbaiā́n		 ἠβαιόν
ēbaión		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιᾱ́
ēbaiā́		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιούς
ēbaioús		 ἠβαιᾱ́ς
ēbaiā́s		 ἠβαιᾰ́
ēbaiá
Vocative ἠβαιέ
ēbaié		 ἠβαιᾱ́
ēbaiā́		 ἠβαιόν
ēbaión		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιᾱ́
ēbaiā́		 ἠβαιώ
ēbaiṓ		 ἠβαιοί
ēbaioí		 ἠβαιαί
ēbaiaí		 ἠβαιᾰ́
ēbaiá
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
ἠβαιόν
ēbaión		 ἠβαιότερος
ēbaióteros		 ἠβαιότᾰτος
ēbaiótatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ἠβαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἠβαιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἠβαιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἠβαιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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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