ἀρραβών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀραβών (arabṓn)
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar̥.r̥a.bɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.raˈbon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.raˈβon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.raˈvon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.raˈvon/
Noun
ἀρρᾰβών • (arrhabṓn) m (genitive ἀρρᾰβῶνος); third declension
- earnest money, caution money
- (in general) earnest, pledge
- present, bribe
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀρρᾰβών ho arrhabṓn |
τὼ ἀρρᾰβῶνε tṑ arrhabône |
οἱ ἀρρᾰβῶνες hoi arrhabônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀρρᾰβῶνος toû arrhabônos |
τοῖν ἀρρᾰβώνοιν toîn arrhabṓnoin |
τῶν ἀρρᾰβώνων tôn arrhabṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀρρᾰβῶνῐ tôi arrhabôni |
τοῖν ἀρρᾰβώνοιν toîn arrhabṓnoin |
τοῖς ἀρρᾰβῶσῐ / ἀρρᾰβῶσῐν toîs arrhabôsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀρρᾰβῶνᾰ tòn arrhabôna |
τὼ ἀρρᾰβῶνε tṑ arrhabône |
τοὺς ἀρρᾰβῶνᾰς toùs arrhabônas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρρᾰβών arrhabṓn |
ἀρρᾰβῶνε arrhabône |
ἀρρᾰβῶνες arrhabônes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀρραβών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρραβών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρραβών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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
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