κύβερτον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic כוורתא / כורתא / ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārtā, “basket; beehive”).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.βer.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ver.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ver.ton/
Noun
κύβερτον • (kúberton) n (genitive κυβέρτου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κύβερτον tò kúberton |
τὼ κυβέρτω tṑ kubértō |
τᾰ̀ κύβερτᾰ tằ kúbertă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κυβέρτου toû kubértou |
τοῖν κυβέρτοιν toîn kubértoin |
τῶν κυβέρτων tôn kubértōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κυβέρτῳ tōî kubértōi |
τοῖν κυβέρτοιν toîn kubértoin |
τοῖς κυβέρτοις toîs kubértois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κύβερτον tò kúberton |
τὼ κυβέρτω tṑ kubértō |
τᾰ̀ κύβερτᾰ tằ kúbertă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κύβερτον kúberton |
κυβέρτω kubértō |
κύβερτᾰ kúbertă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- ⇒ Byzantine Greek: κυβέρτιον n (kubértion), κυβέρτιν n (kubértin)
- Greek: κυβέρτι n (kyvérti) (dialectal)
Further reading
- “κύβερτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press