"ἄβαξ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἄβαξ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /á.baks/, /ˈa.βaks/, /ˈa.vaks/, /á.baks/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈa.baks/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈa.βaks/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈa.vaks/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈa.vaks/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|sem|-}} Semitic, {{bor|grc|phn|-}} Phoenician, {{bor|grc|he|אָבָק|t=dust|tr=ʾāḇā́q}} Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓́βᾰξ|ἄβᾰκος|m|third}} ᾰ̓́βᾰξ • (ắbăx) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἄβᾰξ|ἄβᾰκος|form=M}} Forms: ᾰ̓́βᾰξ [canonical], ắbăx [romanization], ἄβᾰκος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε [dual, nominative], οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες [nominative, plural], τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων [genitive, plural], τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ [dative, plural], ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν [dative, plural], toîs ắbăxĭ [dative, plural], toîs ắbăxĭn [dative, plural], τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε [accusative, dual], τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓́βᾰξ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓́βᾰκε [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓́βᾰκες [plural, vocative]
  1. board, slab
    Sense id: en-ἄβαξ-grc-noun-hApBI39u Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. reckoning board, abacus
    Sense id: en-ἄβαξ-grc-noun-nFMpveHY

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "άβακας",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "abacus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: abacus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: abacus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "abacus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: abacus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: abacus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "abaque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: abaque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: abaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "abaque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: abaque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: abaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "abaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: abaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: abaco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "abakus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: abakus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: abakus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ábaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ábaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ábaco"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "sem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Semitic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "phn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אָבָק",
        "t": "dust",
        "tr": "ʾāḇā́q"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ắbăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄβᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho ắbăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi ắbăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû ắbăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ăbắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn ăbắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi ắbăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ăbắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ắbăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ắbăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn ắbăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs ắbăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "roman": "ắbăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰκες",
      "roman": "ắbăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
        "2": "ἄβᾰκος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ • (ắbăx) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄβᾰξ",
        "2": "ἄβᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "board, slab"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄβαξ-grc-noun-hApBI39u",
      "links": [
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "slab",
          "slab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reckoning board, abacus"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄβαξ-grc-noun-nFMpveHY",
      "links": [
        [
          "reckoning board",
          "reckoning board"
        ],
        [
          "abacus",
          "abacus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.baks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.βaks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/á.baks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.baks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.βaks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄβαξ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Hebrew",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Phoenician",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Semitic languages",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Hebrew",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Semitic languages",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "άβακας",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "abacus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: abacus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: abacus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "abacus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: abacus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: abacus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "abaque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: abaque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: abaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "abaque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: abaque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: abaque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "abaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: abaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: abaco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "abakus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: abakus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: abakus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ábaco",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ábaco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ábaco"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "sem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Semitic",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "phn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "אָבָק",
        "t": "dust",
        "tr": "ʾāḇā́q"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”), but Beekes finds this unconvincing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ắbăx",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἄβᾰκος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "roman": "ho ắbăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες",
      "roman": "hoi ắbăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος",
      "roman": "toû ắbăkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ăbắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων",
      "roman": "tôn ăbắkōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ",
      "roman": "tôi ắbăkĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ăbắkoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ắbăxĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs ắbăxĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn ắbăkă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "tṑ ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs ắbăkăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
      "roman": "ắbăx",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰκε",
      "roman": "ắbăke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́βᾰκες",
      "roman": "ắbăkes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ",
        "2": "ἄβᾰκος",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾰ̓́βᾰξ • (ắbăx) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ἄβᾰξ",
        "2": "ἄβᾰκος",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "board, slab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "slab",
          "slab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reckoning board, abacus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reckoning board",
          "reckoning board"
        ],
        [
          "abacus",
          "abacus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.baks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.βaks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/á.baks/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.baks/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.βaks/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.vaks/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄβαξ"
}

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