κύμβη
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kým.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkym.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcym.bi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcym.bi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcim.bi/
Etymology 1[edit]
A wanderwort not inherited from Indo-European but perhaps borrowed from (or from the source of) words like Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás (“pot”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “pitcher, jar”), Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”), etc. Furnee considers it a Pre-Greek borrowing and compares κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”).
Noun[edit]
κύμβη • (kúmbē) f (genitive κύμβης); first declension
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κύμβη hē kúmbē |
τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā |
αἱ κύμβαι hai kúmbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κύμβης tês kúmbēs |
τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain |
τῶν κυμβῶν tôn kumbôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κύμβῃ têi kúmbēi |
τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain |
ταῖς κύμβαις taîs kúmbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κύμβην tḕn kúmbēn |
τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā |
τᾱ̀ς κύμβᾱς tā̀s kúmbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κύμβη kúmbē |
κύμβᾱ kúmbā |
κύμβαι kúmbai | ||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
- → Latin: cymba (“boat”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
κύμβη • (kúmbē) f (genitive κύμβης); first declension
- Synonym of κύβη (kúbē). Head; hence, a kind of bird, perhaps tumbler-pigeon.
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κύμβη hē kúmbē |
τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā |
αἱ κύμβαι hai kúmbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κύμβης tês kúmbēs |
τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain |
τῶν κυμβῶν tôn kumbôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κύμβῃ têi kúmbēi |
τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain |
ταῖς κύμβαις taîs kúmbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κύμβην tḕn kúmbēn |
τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā |
τᾱ̀ς κύμβᾱς tā̀s kúmbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κύμβη kúmbē |
κύμβᾱ kúmbā |
κύμβαι kúmbai | ||||||||||
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References[edit]
- “κύμβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading[edit]
- Blažek, Václav (2014) “Nádoby určené k pití v indoevropském slovníku”, in Linguistica Brunensia, volume 62, number 1, 6. *k⁽ʰ⁾umb⁽ʰ⁾-, page 70
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