κεβλή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κεβαλή (kebalḗ)
Etymology
From Ancient Macedonian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-l-; doublet of κεφαλή (kephalḗ). Krahe alternatively assumes Illyrian origin and Mayer compares this word with Cibalae, a town of Pannonia.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.blɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈble̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈβli/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈvli/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈvli/
Noun
κεβλή • (keblḗ) f (genitive κεβλῆς); first declension
- Macedonian form of κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κεβλή hē keblḗ |
τὼ κεβλᾱ́ tṑ keblā́ |
αἱ κεβλαί hai keblaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κεβλῆς tês keblês |
τοῖν κεβλαῖν toîn keblaîn |
τῶν κεβλῶν tôn keblôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κεβλῇ tēî keblēî |
τοῖν κεβλαῖν toîn keblaîn |
ταῖς κεβλαῖς taîs keblaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κεβλήν tḕn keblḗn |
τὼ κεβλᾱ́ tṑ keblā́ |
τᾱ̀ς κεβλᾱ́ς tā̀s keblā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κεβλή keblḗ |
κεβλᾱ́ keblā́ |
κεβλαί keblaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κεβλήνη (keblḗnē)
- κεβλήπῠρῐς (keblḗpŭrĭs)
- κέβλος (kéblos)
Further reading
- “κεβλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεβλή 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