κυψέλη

See also: Κυψέλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κῠψάλη (kŭpsálē)

Etymology

Not related to κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”), nor derived from κύπτω (kúptō, “to bend, stoop”). According to Beekes, clearly a Pre-Greek word, given the variant.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kyp.sé.lɛː/ → /cypˈse.li/ → /cipˈse.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyp.sé.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kypˈse.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cypˈse.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cypˈse.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cipˈse.li/

Noun

κῠψέλη • (kŭpsélē) f (genitive κῠψέλης); first declension

1. chest, box, any hollow vessel
2. beehive, hive

   Synonym: σίμβλος (símblos)

3. (anatomy) hollow of the ear

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῠψέλη; τῆς κῠψέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠψέλη hē kŭpsélē	τὼ κῠψέλᾱ tṑ kŭpsélā	αἱ κῠψέλαι hai kŭpsélai
Genitive	τῆς κῠψέλης tês kŭpsélēs	τοῖν κῠψέλαιν toîn kŭpsélain	τῶν κῠψελῶν tôn kŭpselôn
Dative	τῇ κῠψέλῃ tēî kŭpsélēi	τοῖν κῠψέλαιν toîn kŭpsélain	ταῖς κῠψέλαις taîs kŭpsélais
Accusative	τὴν κῠψέλην tḕn kŭpsélēn	τὼ κῠψέλᾱ tṑ kŭpsélā	τᾱ̀ς κῠψέλᾱς tā̀s kŭpsélās
Vocative	κῠψέλη kŭpsélē	κῠψέλᾱ kŭpsélā	κῠψέλαι kŭpsélai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κῠψέλῐον (kŭpsélĭon)
• κῠψελῐ́ς (kŭpselĭ́s)
• κῠψελόβῠστος (kŭpselóbŭstos)
• Κύψελος (Kúpselos)

Descendants

• Greek: κυψέλη (kypséli)

Further reading

• “κυψέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κυψέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κυψέλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κυψέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 811

Greek

Noun

κυψέλη • (kypséli) f (plural κυψέλες)

1. beehive, hive

Declension

Declension of κυψέλη

	singular	plural
nominative	κυψέλη (kypséli)	κυψέλες (kypséles)
genitive	κυψέλης (kypsélis)	κυψελών (kypselón)
accusative	κυψέλη (kypséli)	κυψέλες (kypséles)
vocative	κυψέλη (kypséli)	κυψέλες (kypséles)

Synonyms

• μελίσσι n (melíssi, “beehive, bee colony”)

See also

• κηρήθρα f (kiríthra, “beeswax, honeycomb”)
• κυψελίδα f (kypselída, “ear wax; alveolus”)

Further reading

• κυψέλη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el