ἄβαξ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Usually suggested to be of Semitic origin, such as Phoenician or Hebrew אָבָק (ʾāḇā́q, dust),[1] but Beekes finds this unconvincing.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾰ̓́βᾰξ (ábaxm (genitive ἄβᾰκος); third declension

  1. board, slab
  2. reckoning board, abacus

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: άβακας m (ávakas)
  • Latin: abacus

References

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  1. ^ Klein, Ernest (1987) “אָבָק”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 4b
  2. ^ 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