ῥάβδος

See also: ράβδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Origin unclear. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *urb, with cognates such as Lithuanian virbas, Old Church Slavonic врьба (vrĭba) (Russian верба (verba)) and Latin verbēnae. Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥᾰ́βδος • (rhábdos) f (genitive ῥᾰ́βδου); second declension

  1. rod, wand, stick
  2. magic wand, scepter
  3. shaft of a spear
  4. stripe, strip, streak
  5. (grammar) line, verse

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ ῥᾰ́βδος; τῆς ῥᾰ́βδου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῥᾰ́βδος
hē rhábdos		 τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω
tṑ rhábdō		 αἱ ῥᾰ́βδοι
hai rhábdoi
Genitive τῆς ῥᾰ́βδου
tês rhábdou		 τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν
toîn rhábdoin		 τῶν ῥᾰ́βδων
tôn rhábdōn
Dative τῇ ῥᾰ́βδῳ
têi rhábdōi		 τοῖν ῥᾰ́βδοιν
toîn rhábdoin		 ταῖς ῥᾰ́βδοις
taîs rhábdois
Accusative τὴν ῥᾰ́βδον
tḕn rhábdon		 τὼ ῥᾰ́βδω
tṑ rhábdō		 τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́βδους
tā̀s rhábdous
Vocative ῥᾰ́βδε
rhábde		 ῥᾰ́βδω
rhábdō		 ῥᾰ́βδοι
rhábdoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ῥαβδίον (rhabdíon)

Descendants

Further reading
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