κύμβαχος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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According to Leumann, the divergent meanings should be explained from an original substantival, technical sense. The formation favors this as well: compare especially οὐρίαχος (ouríakhos, end of a spear) and στόμαχος (stómakhos, throat, gullet; stomach). The form κύμβη (kúmbē, drinking cup) has been taken as the basis, but this is unconvincing. Other have started from a nasalized form of κυβή (kubḗ, head): this form without prenasalization shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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κῠ́μβᾰχος (kúmbakhosm or f (neuter κῠ́μβᾰχον); second declension

  1. falling headfirst

Declension

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Noun

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κῠ́μβᾰχος (kúmbakhosm (genitive κῠμβᾰ́χου); second declension

  1. crown, crest of a helmet

Inflection

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Further reading

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