cymba
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē), a vessel considered Phoenician.
Noun
cymba f (genitive cymbae); first declension
- skiff (especially the small boat used by Charon to ferry the dead)
- external ear, apical curved groove of the concha
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cymba | cymbae |
Genitive | cymbae | cymbārum |
Dative | cymbae | cymbīs |
Accusative | cymbam | cymbās |
Ablative | cymbā | cymbīs |
Vocative | cymba | cymbae |
Derived terms
- Latin: cymbium
Descendants
- Portuguese: comba
References
- “cymba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cymba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cymba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cymba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cymba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin