ἄβδελλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄβδελον (ábdelon)
• ἄβελλον (ábellon)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster "-βδ-".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /áb.del.lon/ → /ˈaβ.ðel.lon/ → /ˈav.ðe.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áb.del.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈab.del.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaβ.ðel.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ðel.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈav.ðe.lon/

Adjective

ἄβδελλον • (ábdellon)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: ταπεινόν (tapeinón, “low, abased”).

References

• “ἄβδελον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α