κύστις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) or from κύω (kúō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kýs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkys.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcys.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcys.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcis.tis/
Noun
κύστις • (kústis) f (genitive κύστεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κῠ́στῐς hē kŭ́stĭs |
τὼ κῠ́στει tṑ kŭ́stei |
αἱ κῠ́στεις hai kŭ́steis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κῠ́στεως tês kŭ́steōs |
τοῖν κῠστέοιν toîn kŭstéoin |
τῶν κῠ́στεων tôn kŭ́steōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κῠ́στει tēî kŭ́stei |
τοῖν κῠστέοιν toîn kŭstéoin |
ταῖς κῠ́στεσῐ / κῠ́στεσῐν taîs kŭ́stesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κῠ́στῐν tḕn kŭ́stĭn |
τὼ κῠ́στει tṑ kŭ́stei |
τᾱ̀ς κῠ́στεις tā̀s kŭ́steis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠ́στῐ kŭ́stĭ |
κῠ́στει kŭ́stei |
κῠ́στεις kŭ́steis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κύστιον (kústion)
Descendants
- French: kyste
- Greek: κύστη (kýsti)
- ⇒ Translingual: Tetracystis
References
- “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 951