ὑβός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ῡ̔́βος (hū́bos)

Etymology

The element -β- is reminiscent of words like στραβός (strabós), κλαμβός (klambós) and other words related to corporeal defects. A convincing etymology has not been found. Petersson compares Lithuanian subine (“hindmost, back, bottom”). According to Beekes, the word may well be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.bós/ → /yˈβos/ → /iˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈvos/

Adjective

ῡ̔βός • (hūbós) m (feminine ῡ̔βή, neuter ῡ̔βόν); first/second declension

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked

   Synonym: κυρτός (kurtós)

Inflection

First and second declension of ῡ̔βός; ῡ̔βή; ῡ̔βόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῡ̔βός hūbós	ῡ̔βή hūbḗ	ῡ̔βόν hūbón		ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ	ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́	ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ		ῡ̔βοί hūboí	ῡ̔βαί hūbaí	ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá
Genitive		ῡ̔βοῦ hūboû	ῡ̔βῆς hūbês	ῡ̔βοῦ hūboû		ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn	ῡ̔βαῖν hūbaîn	ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn		ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn	ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn	ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn
Dative		ῡ̔βῷ hūbôi	ῡ̔βῇ hūbêi	ῡ̔βῷ hūbôi		ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn	ῡ̔βαῖν hūbaîn	ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn		ῡ̔βοῖς hūboîs	ῡ̔βαῖς hūbaîs	ῡ̔βοῖς hūboîs
Accusative		ῡ̔βόν hūbón	ῡ̔βήν hūbḗn	ῡ̔βόν hūbón		ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ	ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́	ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ		ῡ̔βούς hūboús	ῡ̔βᾱ́ς hūbā́s	ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá
Vocative		ῡ̔βέ hūbé	ῡ̔βή hūbḗ	ῡ̔βόν hūbón		ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ	ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́	ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ		ῡ̔βοί hūboí	ῡ̔βαί hūbaí	ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῡ̔βῶς hūbôs				ῡ̔βότερος hūbóteros				ῡ̔βότᾰτος hūbótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῡ̔βόομαι (hūbóomai)
• ῡ̔βωμα (hūbōma)
• ῡ̔βωσις (hūbōsis)

 

Further reading

• “ὑβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑβός 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