κότταβος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κόσσαβος (kóssabos) — Attic

Etymology

Formally, it has been compared with κοττίς (kottís, “back of the head”), κόττειν (kóttein, “to hit, stamp”) and κόττος (kóttos, “cube”). The variation "ττ/σσ" points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kót.ta.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ta.vos/

Noun

κόττᾰβος • (kóttăbos) m (genitive κοττάβου); second declension

cottabus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κόττᾰβος; τοῦ κοττᾰ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόττᾰβος ho kóttăbos	τὼ κοττᾰ́βω tṑ kottắbō	οἱ κόττᾰβοι hoi kóttăboi
Genitive	τοῦ κοττᾰ́βου toû kottắbou	τοῖν κοττᾰ́βοιν toîn kottắboin	τῶν κοττᾰ́βων tôn kottắbōn
Dative	τῷ κοττᾰ́βῳ tōî kottắbōi	τοῖν κοττᾰ́βοιν toîn kottắboin	τοῖς κοττᾰ́βοις toîs kottắbois
Accusative	τὸν κόττᾰβον tòn kóttăbon	τὼ κοττᾰ́βω tṑ kottắbō	τοὺς κοττᾰ́βους toùs kottắbous
Vocative	κόττᾰβε kóttăbe	κοττᾰ́βω kottắbō	κόττᾰβοι kóttăboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κοτταβεῖον (kottabeîon)
κοτταβία (kottabía)
κοτταβίζω (kottabízō)
κοτταβικός (kottabikós)
κοττάβιον (kottábion)
κοτταβίς (kottabís)
κοττάβισις (kottábisis)
κοτταβισμός (kottabismós)

Descendants

English: cottabus