Βαβυλών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔ̌ːn/ → /βa.βyˈlon/ → /va.viˈlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.byˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.βyˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.vyˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.viˈlon/

Proper noun

Βᾰβῠλών • (Babulṓn) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλῶνος); third declension

1. Babel
2. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city in Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βᾰβῠλών hē Babulṓn
Genitive	τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος tês Babulônos
Dative	τῇ Βᾰβῠλῶνῐ têi Babulôni
Accusative	τὴν Βᾰβῠλῶνᾰ tḕn Babulôna
Vocative	Βᾰβῠλών Babulṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Βᾰβῠλών; τῆς Βᾰβῠλῶνος (Attic)

Derived terms

• Βᾰβῠλωνεύς (Babulōneús)
• Βᾰβῠλωνία (Babulōnía)
• Βᾰβῠλωνιακός (Babulōniakós)
• Βᾰβῠλώνιοι (Babulṓnioi)
• Βᾰβῠλώνιος (Babulṓnios)
• Βᾰβῠλωνίς (Babulōnís)

Descendants

• Greek: Βαβυλών (Vavylón), Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna)
• Latin: Babylōn
• Russian: Вавилон (Vavilon)

References

• “Βᾰβῠλών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Βαβυλών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Βαβυλών”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G897 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
• Strong's Concordance number: G897

Further reading

• Babylon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia