Κορύβας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Κύρβαντες (Kúrbantes)

Etymology

Formation like Ἄβαντες (Ábantes) and ἀλίβας (alíbas, “corpse, dead body”). Given their origin, a Phrygian word would be the first guess. However, the variation shows that the word was originally Pre-Greek, so Kretschmer's connection to Old Norse hverba (“to turn”) must be abandoned. It is difficult to establish which of the two forms was original. Kretschmer thought it was Κύρβαντες (Kúrbantes), whence Κορύβ- would have arisen by adaptation to κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”); however, Beekes finds this uncertain.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rý.baːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈry.bas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.βas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.vas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.vas/

Noun

Κορῠ́βᾱς • (Korŭ́bās) m (genitive Κορῠ́βᾰντος); third declension

any individual among the Korybantes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κορῠ́βᾱς; τοῦ Κορῠ́βᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κορῠ́βᾱς ho Korŭ́bās	τὼ Κορῠ́βᾰντε tṑ Korŭ́bănte	οἱ Κορῠ́βᾰντες hoi Korŭ́băntes
Genitive	τοῦ Κορῠ́βᾰντος toû Korŭ́băntos	τοῖν Κορῠβᾰ́ντοιν toîn Korŭbắntoin	τῶν Κορῠβᾰ́ντων tôn Korŭbắntōn
Dative	τῷ Κορῠ́βᾰντῐ tōî Korŭ́băntĭ	τοῖν Κορῠβᾰ́ντοιν toîn Korŭbắntoin	τοῖς Κορῠ́βᾱσῐ / Κορῠ́βᾱσῐν toîs Korŭ́bāsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κορῠ́βᾰντᾰ tòn Korŭ́băntă	τὼ Κορῠ́βᾰντε tṑ Korŭ́bănte	τοὺς Κορῠ́βᾰντᾰς toùs Korŭ́băntăs
Vocative	Κορῠ́βᾰν Korŭ́băn	Κορῠ́βᾰντε Korŭ́bănte	Κορῠ́βᾰντες Korŭ́băntes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κορυβάντειος (Korubánteios)
Κορυβαντιάω (Korubantiáō)
Κορυβαντίζω (Korubantízō)
Κορυβαντικός (Korubantikós)
Κορυβαντίς (Korubantís)
Κορυβαντισμός (Korubantismós)
Κορυβαντώδης (Korubantṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: Κορύβας (Korývas)
Latin: Corybās

References

“Κορύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Κορύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Κορύβας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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