κολυμβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολῠμβᾰ́ω (kolŭmbắō, “to plunge, dive”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κολῠμβᾰ́ς • (kolŭmbắs) f (genitive κολῠμβᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. olive pickled in brine
  2. thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)
    Synonym: στοιβή (stoibḗ)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς; τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς
hē kolŭmbắs 		τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε
tṑ kolŭmbắde 		αἱ κολῠμβᾰ́δες
hai kolŭmbắdes
Genitive τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος
tês kolŭmbắdos 		τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν
toîn kolŭmbắdoin 		τῶν κολῠμβᾰ́δων
tôn kolŭmbắdōn
Dative τῇ κολῠμβᾰ́δῐ
tēî kolŭmbắdĭ 		τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν
toîn kolŭmbắdoin 		ταῖς κολῠμβᾰ́σῐ / κολῠμβᾰ́σῐν
taîs kolŭmbắsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn kolŭmbắdă 		τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε
tṑ kolŭmbắde 		τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s kolŭmbắdăs
Vocative κολῠμβᾰ́ς
kolŭmbắs 		κολῠμβᾰ́δε
kolŭmbắde 		κολῠμβᾰ́δες
kolŭmbắdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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