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διάβολος
διάβολος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζάβολος (zábolos)
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /ðiáβolos/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiávolos/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiávolos/
Adjective
διάβολος • (diábolos) m (feminine διάβολος, neuter διάβολον); first/second declension
Inflection
Second declension of διάβολος, διάβολον
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||
Nominative | διάβολος | διάβολον | διαβόλω | διαβόλω | διάβολοι | διάβολα | ||||||
Genitive | διαβόλου | διαβόλου | διαβόλοιν | διαβόλοιν | διαβόλων | διαβόλων | ||||||
Dative | διαβόλῳ | διαβόλῳ | διαβόλοιν | διαβόλοιν | διαβόλοις | διαβόλοις | ||||||
Accusative | διάβολον | διάβολον | διαβόλω | διαβόλω | διαβόλους | διάβολα | ||||||
Vocative | διάβολε | διάβολον | διαβόλω | διαβόλω | διάβολοι | διάβολα | ||||||
Related terms
- διαβόλως (diabólōs)
Noun
διάβολος • (diábolos) m (genitive διαβόλου); second declension
Inflection
Second declension of διάβολος, διαβόλου
Descendants
Descendants from διάβολος
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References
- διάβολος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διάβολος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «διάβολος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- «διάβολος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- διάβολος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G1228”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abusive idem, page 5.
- calumnious idem, page 110.
- defamatory idem, page 203.
- disparaging idem, page 236.
- opprobrious idem, page 577.
- scandalous idem, page 737.
- scurrilous idem, page 743.
- slanderous idem, page 782.
Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈðʝavolos] or less commonly [ðiˈavolos]
- Hyphenation: δι‧ά‧βο‧λος
Noun
διάβολος • (diávolos) m (plural διάβολοι)
- (both figurative and literally) The Devil, devil
- Ο διάβολος ζει στην κόλαση. ― O diávolos zei stin kólasi. ― The Devil lives in ****.
- Μια χαρά ήμασταν και τότε ήρθε αυτός ο διάβολος. ― Mia chará ímastan kai tóte írthe aftós o diávolos. ― We were fine and this devil came along.
- Βρε, τον διάβολο, κανείς δεν μπορεί να τον πιάσει. ― Vre, ton diávolo, kaneís den boreí na ton piásei. ― That (little) devil, no one can catch him.
- (both figurative and literally, by extension) ****, ****, underworld, hellhole
- Θα πας στον διάβολο! ― Tha pas ston diávolo! ― You'll go to ****!
- Τι θέλεις και πας σ' αυτόν τον διάβολο; ― Ti théleis kai pas s' aftón ton diávolo? ― Why are you going to that hellhole?
Declension
declension of διάβολος
Related terms
- άντε στο διάολο (ánte sto diáolo, “go to ****”)
- άστο διάολο (ásto diáolo, “go to ****”)
- άντε στο διάλο (ánte sto diálo, “go to ****”)
- άστο διάλο (ásto diálo, “go to ****”)
Synonyms
- Σατανάς m (Satanás, “Satan”)
- Βελζεβούλ m (Velzevoúl, “Beelzebub”)
- Εωσφόρος m (Eosfóros, “Lucifer”)
- Μεφιστοφελής m (Mefistofelís, “Mephistopheles”)
- τρισκατάρατος m (triskatáratos, “devil”) (euphemism)
- εξαποδώς m (exapodós, “devil”) (euphemism)
- κόλαση f (kólasi, “****”)
- αγύριστος m (agýristos, “****”)