κύμβη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kým.bɛː/ → /ˈcym.bi/ → /ˈcim.bi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kým.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkym.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcym.bi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcym.bi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcim.bi/

Etymology 1

A wanderwort not inherited from Indo-European but perhaps borrowed from (or from the source of) words like Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás (“pot”) (whence Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “pitcher, jar”)), Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”), etc. Furnee considers it a Pre-Greek borrowing and compares κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”).

Noun

κύμβη • (kúmbē) f (genitive κύμβης); first declension

1. Hollow of a vessel: drinking cup, bowl.
   1. (Phoenician) Boat.
   2. Knapsack, wallet.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κύμβη; τῆς κύμβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κύμβη hē kúmbē	τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā	αἱ κύμβαι hai kúmbai
Genitive	τῆς κύμβης tês kúmbēs	τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain	τῶν κυμβῶν tôn kumbôn
Dative	τῇ κύμβῃ têi kúmbēi	τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain	ταῖς κύμβαις taîs kúmbais
Accusative	τὴν κύμβην tḕn kúmbēn	τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā	τᾱ̀ς κύμβᾱς tā̀s kúmbās
Vocative	κύμβη kúmbē	κύμβᾱ kúmbā	κύμβαι kúmbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cymba (“boat”)

Etymology 2

Noun

κύμβη • (kúmbē) f (genitive κύμβης); first declension

1. Synonym of κύβη (kúbē). Head; hence, a kind of bird, perhaps tumbler-pigeon.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κύμβη; τῆς κύμβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κύμβη hē kúmbē	τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā	αἱ κύμβαι hai kúmbai
Genitive	τῆς κύμβης tês kúmbēs	τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain	τῶν κυμβῶν tôn kumbôn
Dative	τῇ κύμβῃ têi kúmbēi	τοῖν κύμβαιν toîn kúmbain	ταῖς κύμβαις taîs kúmbais
Accusative	τὴν κύμβην tḕn kúmbēn	τὼ κύμβᾱ tṑ kúmbā	τᾱ̀ς κύμβᾱς tā̀s kúmbās
Vocative	κύμβη kúmbē	κύμβᾱ kúmbā	κύμβαι kúmbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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

Further reading

• Blažek, Václav (2014) “Nádoby určené k pití v indoevropském slovníku”, in Linguistica Brunensia, volume 62, number 1, 6. *k⁽ʰ⁾umb⁽ʰ⁾-, page 70