ὄχθοιβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Technical word with a suffix -β- like in κόρυμβος (kórumbos) and κόλλαβος (kóllabos). Connection with ὄχθη (ókhthē, “high edge”) seems possible, but compare also οἶβος (oîbos, “peace of meat from the back of an ox's neck”). According to Beekes, undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ókʰ.tʰoi̯.bos/ → /ˈox.θy.βos/ → /ˈox.θi.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ókʰ.tʰoi̯.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈokʰ.tʰy.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈox.θy.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈox.θy.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈox.θi.vos/

Noun

ὄχθοιβος • (ókhthoibos) m (genitive ὀχθοίβου); second declension

1. purple stripe down the front of the chiton
2. tuft neckband

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄχθοιβος; τοῦ ὀχθοίβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄχθοιβος ho ókhthoibos	τὼ ὀχθοίβω tṑ okhthoíbō	οἱ ὄχθοιβοι hoi ókhthoiboi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀχθοίβου toû okhthoíbou	τοῖν ὀχθοίβοιν toîn okhthoíboin	τῶν ὀχθοίβων tôn okhthoíbōn
Dative	τῷ ὀχθοίβῳ tôi okhthoíbōi	τοῖν ὀχθοίβοιν toîn okhthoíboin	τοῖς ὀχθοίβοις toîs okhthoíbois
Accusative	τὸν ὄχθοιβον tòn ókhthoibon	τὼ ὀχθοίβω tṑ okhthoíbō	τοὺς ὀχθοίβους toùs okhthoíbous
Vocative	ὄχθοιβε ókhthoibe	ὀχθοίβω okhthoíbō	ὄχθοιβοι ókhthoiboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὄχθοιβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄχθοιβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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, →ISBN