κεράμβυξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κέραμβος (kérambos), κέραμβον (kérambon)

Etymology

Probably also the same beetle as κάραβος (kárabos), also written καράμβιος (karámbios), καράβιος (karábios), καραβίς (karabís), and see also κεράμβηλον (kerámbēlon, “kind of beetle”) and κηραφίς (kēraphís, “kind of locust”).

The formation is known in κόλυμβος (kólumbos), κόρυμβος (kórumbos), σήραμβος (sḗrambos) and βόμβυξ (bómbux), ὄρτυξ (órtux).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.rám.byks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈram.byks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.byks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.byks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.biks/

Noun

κερᾰ́μβῠξ • (kerắmbŭx) m (genitive κερᾰ́μβῠκος); third declension

longhorn beetle

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κερᾰ́μβῠξ; τοῦ κερᾰ́μβῠκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κερᾰ́μβῠξ ho kerắmbŭx	τὼ κερᾰ́μβῠκε tṑ kerắmbŭke	οἱ κερᾰ́μβῠκες hoi kerắmbŭkes
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰ́μβῠκος toû kerắmbŭkos	τοῖν κερᾰμβῠ́κοιν toîn kerămbŭ́koin	τῶν κερᾰμβῠ́κων tôn kerămbŭ́kōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰ́μβῠκῐ tōî kerắmbŭkĭ	τοῖν κερᾰμβῠ́κοιν toîn kerămbŭ́koin	τοῖς κερᾰ́μβῠξῐ / κερᾰ́μβῠξῐν toîs kerắmbŭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν κερᾰ́μβῠκᾰ tòn kerắmbŭkă	τὼ κερᾰ́μβῠκε tṑ kerắmbŭke	τοὺς κερᾰ́μβῠκᾰς toùs kerắmbŭkăs
Vocative	κερᾰ́μβῠξ kerắmbŭx	κερᾰ́μβῠκε kerắmbŭke	κερᾰ́μβῠκες kerắmbŭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Arabic: قَرَنْبَا (qaranbā), قَرَنْبَة (qaranba)
→ Translingual: Cerambyx