"ῥάβδος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ῥάβδος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥áb.dos/, /ˈraβ.ðos/, /ˈrav.ðos/, /r̥áb.dos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈrab.dos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈraβ.ðos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈrav.ðos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈrav.ðos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of unclear origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *urb-, with cognates such as Lithuanian virbas, Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba) (Russian верба (verba)) and Latin verbēnae. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|unclear}} unclear, {{der|grc|ine-pro||*urb-}} Proto-Indo-European *urb-, {{cog|lt|virbas}} Lithuanian virbas, {{cog|cu|врьба}} Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba), {{cog|ru|верба}} Russian верба (verba), {{cog|la|verbēnae}} Latin verbēnae, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῥᾰ́βδου|f|second|head=ῥᾰ́βδος}} ῥᾰ́βδος • (rhắbdos) f (genitive ῥᾰ́βδου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῥᾰ́βδος|ου|form=F-full}} Forms: ῥᾰ́βδος [canonical], rhắbdos [romanization], ῥᾰ́βδου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ ῥᾰ́βδος [nominative, singular], τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω [dual, nominative], αἱ ῥᾰ́βδοι [nominative, plural], τῆς ῥᾰ́βδου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ῥᾰ́βδων [genitive, plural], τῇ ῥᾰ́βδῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ῥᾰ́βδοις [dative, plural], τὴν ῥᾰ́βδον [accusative, singular], τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́βδους [accusative, plural], ῥᾰ́βδε [singular, vocative], ῥᾰ́βδω [dual, vocative], ῥᾰ́βδοι [plural, vocative]
  1. rod, wand, stick
    Sense id: en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-pI2epp9K
  2. magic wand, scepter
    Sense id: en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-X9R27Xjs Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 45 10 11 23 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension: 9 44 10 12 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 35 10 15 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 53 8 11 17
  3. shaft of a spear
    Sense id: en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-9mZZ8tY8
  4. stripe, strip, streak
    Sense id: en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-uhixzUTG
  5. (grammar) line, verse Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-gnLE0wyr Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ῥᾰβδῐ́ον (rhăbdĭ́on), ῥᾰβδοῦχος (rhăbdoûkhos)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rhăbdĭ́on",
      "word": "ῥᾰβδῐ́ον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rhăbdoûkhos",
      "word": "ῥᾰβδοῦχος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "rhabdo-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: rhabdo-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: rhabdo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ράβδος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ράβδος (rávdos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ράβδος (rávdos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "unclear"
      },
      "expansion": "unclear",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*urb-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *urb-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "virbas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian virbas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "врьба"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "верба"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian верба (verba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verbēnae"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin verbēnae",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unclear origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *urb-, with cognates such as Lithuanian virbas, Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba) (Russian верба (verba)) and Latin verbēnae. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhắbdos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ῥᾰ́βδος",
      "roman": "hē rhắbdos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "tṑ rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ῥᾰ́βδοι",
      "roman": "hai rhắbdoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ῥᾰ́βδου",
      "roman": "tês rhắbdou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhắbdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῥᾰ́βδων",
      "roman": "tôn rhắbdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ῥᾰ́βδῳ",
      "roman": "têi rhắbdōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhắbdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ῥᾰ́βδοις",
      "roman": "taîs rhắbdois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ῥᾰ́βδον",
      "roman": "tḕn rhắbdon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "tṑ rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́βδους",
      "roman": "tā̀s rhắbdous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδε",
      "roman": "rhắbde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδοι",
      "roman": "rhắbdoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥᾰ́βδου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "ῥᾰ́βδος"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥᾰ́βδος • (rhắbdos) f (genitive ῥᾰ́βδου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥᾰ́βδος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rod, wand, stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-pI2epp9K",
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "wand",
          "wand"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 45 10 11 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 44 10 12 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 35 10 15 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 53 8 11 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "magic wand, scepter"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-X9R27Xjs",
      "links": [
        [
          "magic wand",
          "magic wand"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shaft of a spear"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-9mZZ8tY8",
      "links": [
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stripe, strip, streak"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-uhixzUTG",
      "links": [
        [
          "stripe",
          "stripe"
        ],
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "streak",
          "streak"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "grc:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "line, verse"
      ],
      "id": "en-ῥάβδος-grc-noun-gnLE0wyr",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) line, verse"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥áb.dos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈraβ.ðos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥áb.dos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrab.dos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈraβ.ðos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥάβδος"
}
{
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rhăbdĭ́on",
      "word": "ῥᾰβδῐ́ον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rhăbdoûkhos",
      "word": "ῥᾰβδοῦχος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "rhabdo-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: rhabdo-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: rhabdo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "ράβδος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ράβδος (rávdos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ράβδος (rávdos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "unclear"
      },
      "expansion": "unclear",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*urb-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *urb-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "virbas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian virbas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "врьба"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "верба"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian верба (verba)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verbēnae"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin verbēnae",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unclear origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *urb-, with cognates such as Lithuanian virbas, Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba) (Russian верба (verba)) and Latin verbēnae. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhắbdos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ῥᾰ́βδος",
      "roman": "hē rhắbdos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "tṑ rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ῥᾰ́βδοι",
      "roman": "hai rhắbdoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ῥᾰ́βδου",
      "roman": "tês rhắbdou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhắbdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῥᾰ́βδων",
      "roman": "tôn rhắbdōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ῥᾰ́βδῳ",
      "roman": "têi rhắbdōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν",
      "roman": "toîn rhắbdoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ῥᾰ́βδοις",
      "roman": "taîs rhắbdois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ῥᾰ́βδον",
      "roman": "tḕn rhắbdon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "tṑ rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́βδους",
      "roman": "tā̀s rhắbdous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδε",
      "roman": "rhắbde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδω",
      "roman": "rhắbdō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῥᾰ́βδοι",
      "roman": "rhắbdoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥᾰ́βδου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "ῥᾰ́βδος"
      },
      "expansion": "ῥᾰ́βδος • (rhắbdos) f (genitive ῥᾰ́βδου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῥᾰ́βδος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rod, wand, stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "wand",
          "wand"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "magic wand, scepter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "magic wand",
          "magic wand"
        ],
        [
          "scepter",
          "scepter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shaft of a spear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stripe, strip, streak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stripe",
          "stripe"
        ],
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "streak",
          "streak"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "line, verse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) line, verse"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥áb.dos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈraβ.ðos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥áb.dos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrab.dos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈraβ.ðos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈrav.ðos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥάβδος"
}

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