λώβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Commonly derived from Proto-Indo-European *sloHgʷ-eh₂- (“to mishandle, press”), with Balto-Slavic cognates including Latvian slēgt (“to shut”), Lithuanian sluogas, slogus. Also compare λάζομαι (lázomai, “I grasp, seize”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔ̌ː.bɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.be̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.βi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.vi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.vi/

Noun

λώβη • (lṓbē) f (genitive λώβης); first declension

disgrace, dishonor

Declension

First declension of ἡ λώβη; τῆς λώβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λώβη hē lṓbē	τὼ λώβᾱ tṑ lṓbā	αἱ λῶβαι hai lôbai
Genitive	τῆς λώβης tês lṓbēs	τοῖν λώβαιν toîn lṓbain	τῶν λωβῶν tôn lōbôn
Dative	τῇ λώβῃ têi lṓbēi	τοῖν λώβαιν toîn lṓbain	ταῖς λώβαις taîs lṓbais
Accusative	τὴν λώβην tḕn lṓbēn	τὼ λώβᾱ tṑ lṓbā	τᾱ̀ς λώβᾱς tā̀s lṓbās
Vocative	λώβη lṓbē	λώβᾱ lṓbā	λῶβαι lôbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λώβη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 882