κρίβανος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 19 August 2020

Alternative forms

κλῑ́βανος (klī́banos), κρῑ́βανον (krī́banon)

Etymology

A technical loan of unknown origin. Walde suggested a connection with Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“loaf”), while Lewy proposed a Semitic origin; both proposals are unconvincing. Furnée lists the words among examples of the interchange of "ρ" and "λ" in Pre-Greek words, which is more probable.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krǐː.ba.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.ba.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.βa.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.va.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.va.nos/

Noun

κρῑ́βᾰνος • (krī́bănos) m (genitive κρῑβᾰ́νου); second declension

covered earthen vessel, wherein bread was baked by putting hot embers round it
funnel-shaped vessel, used for drawing water
underground channel or vaulted passage, in irrigation works
hollow, cavern in a rock

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κρῑ́βᾰνος; τοῦ κρῑβᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρῑ́βᾰνος ho krī́bănos	τὼ κρῑβᾰ́νω tṑ krībắnō	οἱ κρῑ́βᾰνοι hoi krī́bănoi
Genitive	τοῦ κρῑβᾰ́νου toû krībắnou	τοῖν κρῑβᾰ́νοιν toîn krībắnoin	τῶν κρῑβᾰ́νων tôn krībắnōn
Dative	τῷ κρῑβᾰ́νῳ tōî krībắnōi	τοῖν κρῑβᾰ́νοιν toîn krībắnoin	τοῖς κρῑβᾰ́νοις toîs krībắnois
Accusative	τὸν κρῑ́βᾰνον tòn krī́bănon	τὼ κρῑβᾰ́νω tṑ krībắnō	τοὺς κρῑβᾰ́νους toùs krībắnous
Vocative	κρῑ́βᾰνε krī́băne	κρῑβᾰ́νω krībắnō	κρῑ́βᾰνοι krī́bănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κριβανάριος (kribanários)
κριβανεῖον (kribaneîon)
κριβανεύς (kribaneús)
κριβάνη (kribánē)
κριβανίκιος (kribaníkios)
κριβάνιον (kribánion)
κριβάνιος (kribánios)
κριβανίτης (kribanítēs)
κριβανοειδής (kribanoeidḗs)
κριβανωτός (kribanōtós)

Descendants

→ Latin: clibanus

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρῑ́βανος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 715-6