βίλλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βιλλᾶς (billâs)
βιλλίν (billín)

Etymology

Furnée compares the word with ἀβίλλιον (abíllion, “manly, masculine”). The prothetic vowel may point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bíl.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbil.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβil.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvil.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.los/

Noun

βίλλος • (bíllos)

The lot of a man

References

βίλλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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

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