κύψελος
See also: Κύψελος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Clearly a Pre-Greek word, like κυψέλη (kupsélē, “beehive”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kýp.se.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkyp.se.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcip.se.los/
Noun
κῠ́ψελος • (kŭ́pselos) m (genitive κῠψέλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κῠ́ψελος ho kŭ́pselos |
τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kŭpsélō |
οἱ κῠ́ψελοι hoi kŭ́pseloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῠψέλου toû kŭpsélou |
τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kŭpséloin |
τῶν κῠψέλων tôn kŭpsélōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῠψέλῳ tōî kŭpsélōi |
τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kŭpséloin |
τοῖς κῠψέλοις toîs kŭpsélois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κῠ́ψελον tòn kŭ́pselon |
τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kŭpsélō |
τοὺς κῠψέλους toùs kŭpsélous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῠ́ψελε kŭ́psele |
κῠψέλω kŭpsélō |
κῠ́ψελοι kŭ́pseloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κύψελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κύψελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κυψέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 811