κάβαισος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- κᾰ́βᾰσος (kábasos)
Etymology
[edit]In antiquity the word was analyzed as a compound of κάβος (kábos, “a corn-measure”) + αἶσα (aîsa, “one's lot, share”), which is of course nonsense. The meaning and structure of the word point to Pre-Greek origin. Furnée further connects καμασός (kamasós, “abyss”), which is possible but uncertain; the comparison with καμασήν (kamasḗn, “fish”) is even more uncertain.
Noun
[edit]κᾰ́βαισος • (kábaisos) m (genitive κᾰβαίσου); second declension
- glutton, gourmand
- Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (gastrímargos), τένθης (ténthēs), φᾰ́γος (phágos)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰ́βαισος ho kábaisos |
τὼ κᾰβαίσω tṑ kabaísō |
οἱ κᾰ́βαισοι hoi kábaisoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰβαίσου toû kabaísou |
τοῖν κᾰβαίσοιν toîn kabaísoin |
τῶν κᾰβαίσων tôn kabaísōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰβαίσῳ tôi kabaísōi |
τοῖν κᾰβαίσοιν toîn kabaísoin |
τοῖς κᾰβαίσοις toîs kabaísois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰ́βαισον tòn kábaison |
τὼ κᾰβαίσω tṑ kabaísō |
τοὺς κᾰβαίσους toùs kabaísous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́βαισε kábaise |
κᾰβαίσω kabaísō |
κᾰ́βαισοι kábaisoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “κάβαισος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάβαισος 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