κλαμβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with κολοβός (kolobós, “mutilated, docked”) and σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”), denoting a derivation from Pre-Greek. According to Beekes, the similarity with Lithuanian klumbas (“limping”) and Old English limpan (“to limp”) is only accidental.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klam.bós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/

Adjective

κλαμβός • (klambós) m (feminine κλαμβή, neuter κλαμβόν); first/second declension

docked, cropped

Inflection

First and second declension of κλαμβός; κλαμβή; κλαμβόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κλαμβός klambós	κλαμβή klambḗ	κλαμβόν klambón	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβοί klamboí	κλαμβαί klambaí	κλαμβᾰ́ klambắ
Genitive	κλαμβοῦ klamboû	κλαμβῆς klambês	κλαμβοῦ klamboû	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβαῖν klambaîn	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβῶν klambôn	κλαμβῶν klambôn	κλαμβῶν klambôn
Dative	κλαμβῷ klambōî	κλαμβῇ klambēî	κλαμβῷ klambōî	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβαῖν klambaîn	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβοῖς klamboîs	κλαμβαῖς klambaîs	κλαμβοῖς klamboîs
Accusative	κλαμβόν klambón	κλαμβήν klambḗn	κλαμβόν klambón	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβούς klamboús	κλαμβᾱ́ς klambā́s	κλαμβᾰ́ klambắ
Vocative	κλαμβέ klambé	κλαμβή klambḗ	κλαμβόν klambón	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβοί klamboí	κλαμβαί klambaí	κλαμβᾰ́ klambắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κλαμβῶς klambôs			κλαμβότερος klambóteros			κλαμβότᾰτος klambótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

κολοβός (kolobós)

References

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