κεβλήπυρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεβλή (keblḗ, “head”) +‎ πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.blɛ̌ː.py.ris/ → /ceˈβli.py.ris/ → /ceˈvli.pi.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.blɛ̌ː.py.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈble̝.py.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈβli.py.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈvli.py.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈvli.pi.ris/

Noun

κεβλήπῠρῐς • (keblḗpuris) f (genitive κεβληπῠ́ρεωος); third declension

1. firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κεβλήπῠρῐς; τῆς κεβληπῠ́ρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κεβλήπῠρῐς hē keblḗpuris	τὼ κεβληπῠ́ρει tṑ keblēpúrei	αἱ κεβληπῠ́ρεις hai keblēpúreis
Genitive	τῆς κεβληπῠ́ρεως tês keblēpúreōs	τοῖν κεβληπῠρέοιν toîn keblēpuréoin	τῶν κεβληπῠ́ρεων tôn keblēpúreōn
Dative	τῇ κεβληπῠ́ρει têi keblēpúrei	τοῖν κεβληπῠρέοιν toîn keblēpuréoin	ταῖς κεβληπῠ́ρεσῐ / κεβληπῠ́ρεσῐν taîs keblēpúresi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κεβλήπῠρῐν tḕn keblḗpurin	τὼ κεβληπῠ́ρει tṑ keblēpúrei	τᾱ̀ς κεβληπῠ́ρεις tā̀s keblēpúreis
Vocative	κεβλήπῠρῐ keblḗpuri	κεβληπῠ́ρει keblēpúrei	κεβληπῠ́ρεις keblēpúreis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κεβλήπυρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεβλήπυρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette