ἄβαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, “dust”),[1] but Beekes finds this unconvincing.[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̓́βᾰξ • (ábax) m (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension

  1. board, slab
  2. reckoning board, abacus

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ; τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓́βᾰξ
ho ábax		 τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
tṑ ábake		 οἱ ᾰ̓́βᾰκες
hoi ábakes
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓́βᾰκος
toû ábakos		 τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν
toîn abákoin		 τῶν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κων
tôn abákōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓́βᾰκῐ
tôi ábaki		 τοῖν ᾰ̓βᾰ́κοιν
toîn abákoin		 τοῖς ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐ / ᾰ̓́βᾰξῐν
toîs ábaxi(n)
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰ
tòn ábaka		 τὼ ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
tṑ ábake		 τοὺς ᾰ̓́βᾰκᾰς
toùs ábakas
Vocative ᾰ̓́βᾰξ
ábax		 ᾰ̓́βᾰκε
ábake		 ᾰ̓́βᾰκες
ábakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)
  • → Latin: abacus

References
  1. Klein, Ernest (1987) “אָבָק”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 4b
  2. 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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