σαῦλος

See also: Σαῦλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word rhymes with φαῦλος (phaûlos) and probably they have influenced each other. According to Beekes, the adjective presumably belongs to a group of Pre-Greek words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sâu̯.los/ → /ˈsa.βlos/ → /ˈsa.vlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sâu̯.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.βlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.vlos/

Adjective

σαῦλος • (saûlos) m (feminine σαύλη, neuter σαῦλον); first/second declension

1. straddling, waddling
2. loose, wanton (of the gait of courtesans)
3. prancing (of a horse)

Inflection

First and second declension of σαῦλος; σαύλη; σαῦλον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σαῦλος saûlos	σαύλη saúlē	σαῦλον saûlon		σαύλω saúlō	σαύλᾱ saúlā	σαύλω saúlō		σαῦλοι saûloi	σαῦλαι saûlai	σαῦλᾰ saûla
Genitive		σαύλου saúlou	σαύλης saúlēs	σαύλου saúlou		σαύλοιν saúloin	σαύλαιν saúlain	σαύλοιν saúloin		σαύλων saúlōn	σαύλων saúlōn	σαύλων saúlōn
Dative		σαύλῳ saúlōi	σαύλῃ saúlēi	σαύλῳ saúlōi		σαύλοιν saúloin	σαύλαιν saúlain	σαύλοιν saúloin		σαύλοις saúlois	σαύλαις saúlais	σαύλοις saúlois
Accusative		σαῦλον saûlon	σαύλην saúlēn	σαῦλον saûlon		σαύλω saúlō	σαύλᾱ saúlā	σαύλω saúlō		σαύλους saúlous	σαύλᾱς saúlās	σαῦλᾰ saûla
Vocative		σαῦλε saûle	σαύλη saúlē	σαῦλον saûlon		σαύλω saúlō	σαύλᾱ saúlā	σαύλω saúlō		σαῦλοι saûloi	σαῦλαι saûlai	σαῦλᾰ saûla
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σαύλως saúlōs				σαυλότερος saulóteros				σαυλότᾰτος saulótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαυλόομαι (saulóomai)
• σαυλοπρωκτιάω (sauloprōktiáō)
• σαύλωμα (saúlōma)

 

Further reading

• “σαῦλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαῦλος 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