σιβύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζιβύνη (zibúnē)
• συβίνη (subínē)

Etymology

Clearly a word of foreign origin. Compare Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Persian زوبین (zubin, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.bý.nɛː/ → /siˈβy.ni/ → /siˈvi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.bý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈby.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈβy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈvy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈvi.ni/

Noun

σῐβύνη • (sibúnē) f (genitive σῐβύνης); first declension

1. A hunting spear, a pike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῐβύνη; τῆς σῐβύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐβύνη hē sibúnē	τὼ σῐβύνᾱ tṑ sibúnā	αἱ σῐβύναι hai sibúnai
Genitive	τῆς σῐβύνης tês sibúnēs	τοῖν σῐβύναιν toîn sibúnain	τῶν σῐβυνῶν tôn sibunôn
Dative	τῇ σῐβύνῃ têi sibúnēi	τοῖν σῐβύναιν toîn sibúnain	ταῖς σῐβύναις taîs sibúnais
Accusative	τὴν σῐβύνην tḕn sibúnēn	τὼ σῐβύνᾱ tṑ sibúnā	τᾱ̀ς σῐβύνᾱς tā̀s sibúnās
Vocative	σῐβύνη sibúnē	σῐβύνᾱ sibúnā	σῐβύναι sibúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιβύνιον (sibúnion)

References

• “σιβύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σιβύνη 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