χέρνιβον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χέρνιψ (khérnips, “water for ritual handwashing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰér.ni.bon/ → /ˈçer.ni.βon/ → /ˈçer.ni.von/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰér.ni.bon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰer.ni.bon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.ni.βon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.ni.von/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçer.ni.von/

Noun

χέρνῐβον • (khérnibon) n (genitive χερνίβου); second declension

1. washbasin (for ritual handwashing)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χέρνῐβον; τοῦ χερνῐ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χέρνῐβον tò khérnibon	τὼ χερνῐ́βω tṑ kherníbō	τᾰ̀ χέρνῐβᾰ tà khérniba
Genitive	τοῦ χερνῐ́βου toû kherníbou	τοῖν χερνῐ́βοιν toîn kherníboin	τῶν χερνῐ́βων tôn kherníbōn
Dative	τῷ χερνῐ́βῳ tôi kherníbōi	τοῖν χερνῐ́βοιν toîn kherníboin	τοῖς χερνῐ́βοις toîs kherníbois
Accusative	τὸ χέρνῐβον tò khérnibon	τὼ χερνῐ́βω tṑ kherníbō	τᾰ̀ χέρνῐβᾰ tà khérniba
Vocative	χέρνῐβον khérnibon	χερνῐ́βω kherníbō	χέρνῐβᾰ khérniba
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: كِرْنِيب (kirnīb, “washbasin”)

Further reading

• “χέρνιβον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χέρνιβον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χέρνιβον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χέρνιβον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press