ἰαμβύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”), with influence from σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/ → /i.amˈby.ci/ → /i.amˈbi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.amˈbi.ci/

Noun

ἰᾰμβῡ́κη • (iambū́kē) f (genitive ἰᾰμβῡ́κης); first declension

1. kind of musical instrument, distinct from the σαμβύκη (sambúkē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη; τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη hē iambū́kē	τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iambū́kā	αἱ ἰᾰμβῦκαι hai iambûkai
Genitive	τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης tês iambū́kēs	τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iambū́kain	τῶν ἰᾰμβῡκῶν tôn iambūkôn
Dative	τῇ ἰᾰμβῡ́κῃ têi iambū́kēi	τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iambū́kain	ταῖς ἰᾰμβῡ́καις taîs iambū́kais
Accusative	τὴν ἰᾰμβῡ́κην tḕn iambū́kēn	τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iambū́kā	τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s iambū́kās
Vocative	ἰᾰμβῡ́κη iambū́kē	ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ iambū́kā	ἰᾰμβῦκαι iambûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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