θόρυβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A formation like ὄτοβος (ótobos), κόναβος (kónabos) and φλοῖσβος (phloîsbos), likely from the same root as a reduplicated form τονθορύζω (tonthorúzō, “to mumble”), as well as θρῦλος (thrûlos, “murmur”). The phonetic variations between the words suggest a Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes.^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰó.ry.bos/ → /ˈθo.ry.βos/ → /ˈθo.ri.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰó.ry.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.ry.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.ry.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.ry.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.ri.vos/

Noun

θόρῠβος • (thórubos) m (genitive θορῠ́βου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. noise, especially of a crowd of people: uproar, clamor
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92.7:

     ἦν δὲ θόρυβος πολὺς καὶ ἐκπληκτικός

     ên dè thórubos polùs kaì ekplēktikós

     there was a loud and astounding uproar

   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1263:

     τίς αὖ παρ’ ἄντροις θόρυβος ἵσταται βοῆς;

     tís aû par’ ántrois thórubos hístatai boês?

     • 1932 translation by Sir Richard C. Jebb

       What is this sound of shouting near my cave?

   • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 546:

     ἦν δ’ ἂν ἡ πόλις πλέα / θορύβου στρατιωτῶν

     ên d’ àn hē pólis pléa / thorúbou stratiōtôn

     the city would be full of the noise of soldiers

   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Aetia Oxy..2079.30
2. tumult, confusion, trouble
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.181.1:

     ἡ δὲ Αἰγιναίη, τῆς ἐτριηράρχεε Ἀσωνίδης, καὶ τινά σφι θόρυβον παρέσχε

     hē dè Aiginaíē, tês etriērárkhee Asōnídēs, kaì tiná sphi thórubon paréskhe

     The Aeginetan trireme, of which Asonides was captain, did however give them some trouble.

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.104:

     οἱ Ἀμφιπολῖται ἐς θόρυβον μέγαν κατέστησαν

     hoi Amphipolîtai es thórubon mégan katéstēsan

     The people of Amphipolis were put into great confusion

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θόρῠβος ho thórubos	τὼ θορῠ́βω tṑ thorúbō	οἱ θόρῠβοι hoi thóruboi
Genitive	τοῦ θορῠ́βου toû thorúbou	τοῖν θορῠ́βοιν toîn thorúboin	τῶν θορῠ́βων tôn thorúbōn
Dative	τῷ θορῠ́βῳ tôi thorúbōi	τοῖν θορῠ́βοιν toîn thorúboin	τοῖς θορῠ́βοις toîs thorúbois
Accusative	τὸν θόρῠβον tòn thórubon	τὼ θορῠ́βω tṑ thorúbō	τοὺς θορῠ́βους toùs thorúbous
Vocative	θόρῠβε thórube	θορῠ́βω thorúbō	θόρῠβοι thóruboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ θόρῠβος; τοῦ θορῠ́βου (Attic)

Derived terms

• θορῠβᾰ́ζομαι (thorubázomai)
• θορῠβέω (thorubéō)
• θορῠβητῐκός (thorubētikós)
• θορῠβοποιός (thorubopoiós)
• θορῠβώδης (thorubṓdēs)

 

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θόρυβος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551

Further reading

• “θόρυβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θόρυβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θόρυβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

θόρυβος • (thóryvos) m (plural θόρυβοι)

1. noise, racket
2. (figuratively) commotion, stir

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	θόρυβος •	θόρυβοι •
genitive	θορύβου •	θορύβων •
accusative	θόρυβο •	θορύβους •
vocative	θόρυβε •	θόρυβοι •

Declension of θόρυβος

Related terms

• θορυβώ (thoryvó, “to alarm; to make a noise”)
• θορυβώδης (thoryvódis, “noisy”)

Further reading

• θόρυβος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el