ῥοῖβδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the suffix with κέλαδος (kélados), ἄραδος (árados), χρόμαδος (khrómados), φλοῖσβος (phloîsbos) and ὅμαδος (hómados). Since the word strongly recalls ῥοῖζος (rhoîzos, “rushing, whistling”) and ῥυβδέω (rhubdéō, “to slurp in”), the word is probably Pre-Greek. Moreover, the -βδ- is typical of substrate words.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ôi̯b.dos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈryb.dos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈryβ.ðos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈryv.ðos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈriv.ðos/

Noun

ῥοῖβδος • (rhoîbdos) m (genitive ῥοίβδου); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῥοῖβδος; τοῦ ῥοίβδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῥοῖβδος ho rhoîbdos	τὼ ῥοίβδω tṑ rhoíbdō	οἱ ῥοῖβδοι hoi rhoîbdoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῥοίβδου toû rhoíbdou	τοῖν ῥοίβδοιν toîn rhoíbdoin	τῶν ῥοίβδων tôn rhoíbdōn
Dative	τῷ ῥοίβδῳ tôi rhoíbdōi	τοῖν ῥοίβδοιν toîn rhoíbdoin	τοῖς ῥοίβδοις toîs rhoíbdois
Accusative	τὸν ῥοῖβδον tòn rhoîbdon	τὼ ῥοίβδω tṑ rhoíbdō	τοὺς ῥοίβδους toùs rhoíbdous
Vocative	ῥοῖβδε rhoîbde	ῥοίβδω rhoíbdō	ῥοῖβδοι rhoîbdoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥοιβδέω (rhoibdéō)
ῥοιβδηδόν (rhoibdēdón)
ῥοίβδημα (rhoíbdēma)
ῥοίβδησις (rhoíbdēsis)