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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /áb.del.lon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈab.dɛl.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)

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
Hesychius' Lexicon: α

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