μόλυβδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • μόλιβος (mólibos)

Etymology

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀗𐀪𐀺𐀈 (mo-ri-wo-do), from an Anatolian word cognate with Lydian 𐤪𐤠𐤭𐤦𐤥𐤣𐤠 (marivda, “dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *morkʷ-iyo-, from a root *merkʷ- (“dark”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólubdos) m (genitive μολύβδου); second declension

  1. lead (the metal)
  2. graphite

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μόλυβδος; τοῦ μολύβδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μόλυβδος
ho mólubdos		 τὼ μολύβδω
tṑ molúbdō		 οἱ μόλυβδοι
hoi mólubdoi
Genitive τοῦ μολύβδου
toû molúbdou		 τοῖν μολύβδοιν
toîn molúbdoin		 τῶν μολύβδων
tôn molúbdōn
Dative τῷ μολύβδῳ
tôi molúbdōi		 τοῖν μολύβδοιν
toîn molúbdoin		 τοῖς μολύβδοις
toîs molúbdois
Accusative τὸν μόλυβδον
tòn mólubdon		 τὼ μολύβδω
tṑ molúbdō		 τοὺς μολύβδους
toùs molúbdous
Vocative μόλυβδε
mólubde		 μολύβδω
molúbdō		 μόλυβδοι
mólubdoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

References
  1. Ivo Hajnal, Graeco-Anatolian Contacts in the Mycenaean Period (Innsbruck: University of Innsbruck), 6.
  2. H.C. Melchert, “Greek mólybdos as loanword from Lydian”, Anatolian Interfaces: Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours. Proceedings of an International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction, September 17-19, 2004, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, eds. B.J.Collins, M.R. Bachvarova & I.C. Rutherford (Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008), 153-157.

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μόλυβδος • (mólyvdos) m (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) lead

Declension
Declension of μόλυβδος (mólyvdos)
singular
nominative μόλυβδος •
genitive μολύβδου •
accusative μόλυβδο •
vocative μόλυβδε •

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Derived terms

Further reading
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