"ὄλβος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὄλβος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ól.bos/, /ˈol.βos/, /ˈol.vos/, /ól.bos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈol.bos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈol.βos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈol.vos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈol.vos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Furnée connects ὄλπα (ólpa, “kind of food”); if the gloss is cognate, it must be Pre-Greek, which is certainly a good possibility. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὄλβου|m|second}} ὄλβος • (ólbos) m (genitive ὄλβου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὄλβος|ου|form=M}} Forms: ólbos [romanization], ὄλβου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ὄλβος [nominative, singular], ὄλβω [dual, nominative], οἱ ὄλβοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὄλβου [genitive, singular], ὄλβοιν [dual, genitive], ὄλβων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὄλβῳ [dative, singular], ὄλβοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὄλβοις [dative, plural], τὸν ὄλβον [accusative, singular], ὄλβω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὄλβους [accusative, plural], ὄλβε [singular, vocative], ὄλβω [dual, vocative], ὄλβοι [plural, vocative]
  1. wealth, prosperity, riches
    Sense id: en-ὄλβος-grc-noun-wCjXCpJr
  2. happiness, bliss, fortune
    Sense id: en-ὄλβος-grc-noun-MlmWjC21 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἄνολβος (ánolbos), ὀλβήεις (olbḗeis), ὀλβία (olbía), Ὀλβία (Olbía), ὀλβίζω (olbízō), ὄλβιος (ólbios), ὀλβιστήρ (olbistḗr), ὀλβοδότειρα (olbodóteira), ὀλβοδοτήρ (olbodotḗr), ὀλβοδότης (olbodótēs), ὀλβοθρέμμων (olbothrémmōn), ὀλβοθύλακος (olbothúlakos), ὀλβομέλαθρος (olbomélathros), ὀλβονομέω (olbonoméō), ὀλβοφόρος (olbophóros)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      "roman": "olbḗeis",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbía",
      "word": "ὀλβία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Olbía",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbízō",
      "word": "ὀλβίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ólbios",
      "word": "ὄλβιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbistḗr",
      "word": "ὀλβιστήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbodóteira",
      "word": "ὀλβοδότειρα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbodotḗr",
      "word": "ὀλβοδοτήρ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbodótēs",
      "word": "ὀλβοδότης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbothrémmōn",
      "word": "ὀλβοθρέμμων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbothúlakos",
      "word": "ὀλβοθύλακος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbomélathros",
      "word": "ὀλβομέλαθρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbonoméō",
      "word": "ὀλβονομέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "olbophóros",
      "word": "ὀλβοφόρος"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβου",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "plural"
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "toùs ólbous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβε",
      "roman": "ólbe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβω",
      "roman": "ólbō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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          "wealth"
        ],
        [
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          "prosperity"
        ],
        [
          "riches",
          "riches"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "43 57",
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          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "bliss",
          "bliss"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ól.bos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.βos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ól.bos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.bos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.βos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄλβος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "roman": "ánolbos",
      "word": "ἄνολβος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbḗeis",
      "word": "ὀλβήεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbía",
      "word": "ὀλβία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Olbía",
      "word": "Ὀλβία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbízō",
      "word": "ὀλβίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ólbios",
      "word": "ὄλβιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbistḗr",
      "word": "ὀλβιστήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbodóteira",
      "word": "ὀλβοδότειρα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbodotḗr",
      "word": "ὀλβοδοτήρ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbodótēs",
      "word": "ὀλβοδότης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbothrémmōn",
      "word": "ὀλβοθρέμμων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbothúlakos",
      "word": "ὀλβοθύλακος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbomélathros",
      "word": "ὀλβομέλαθρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "olbonoméō",
      "word": "ὀλβονομέω"
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      "form": "ólbos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβου",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ὁ ὄλβος",
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      "form": "οἱ ὄλβοι",
      "roman": "hoi ólboi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ὄλβου",
      "roman": "toû ólbou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβοιν",
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "ὄλβων",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ὄλβῳ",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὸν ὄλβον",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβω",
      "roman": "ólbō",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ὄλβους",
      "roman": "toùs ólbous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβε",
      "roman": "ólbe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὄλβω",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "ólboi",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "wealth, prosperity, riches"
      ],
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      ],
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          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
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          "bliss",
          "bliss"
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        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.βos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ól.bos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.bos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.βos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈol.vos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}

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