σίμβλος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 12 April 2024

Alternative forms

  • σίμβλον (símblon) — Koine
  • σίμβλαι f pl (símblai) — Hesychius

Etymology

Unclear, perhaps a Pre-Greek word.[1]

In Koine Greek, the word also occurs as a neuter σίμβλον (símblon). In addition, Hesychius lists a feminine plural form σίμβλαι (símblai).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐ́μβλος • (sĭ́mblos) m (genitive σῐ́μβλου); second declension

  1. beehive, hive
    Synonyms: κυψέλη (kupsélē), σμῆνος (smênos)
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Σ:
      σίμβλοι· τὰ σμήνη, τὰ ἀγγεῖα τὰ τῶν μελισσῶν, ἐν οἷς τὰ κηρία συνάγεται.
      símbloi; tà smḗnē, tà angeîa tà tôn melissôn, en hoîs tà kēría sunágetai.
      símbloi: beehives, vessels for bees, in which honeycombs are gathered.
  2. (figuratively) store, hoard
    Synonym: θησαυρός (thēsaurós)
    • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 241:
      σίμβλον δέ φασι χρημάτων ἔχειν ἅπαντες αὐτόν.
      símblon dé phasi khrēmátōn ékhein hápantes autón.
      They all say about him, that he has a hoard of money.
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Σ:
      σίμβλοι· [...] Ἀττικοὶ καὶ τὸν θησαυρόν
      símbloi; [...] Attikoì kaì tòn thēsaurón
      símbloi: [...] also (according to Attic speakers): treasury

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σῐ́μβλος; τοῦ σῐ́μβλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ὁ σῐ́μβλος
ho sĭ́mblos 		οἱ σῐ́μβλοι
hoi sĭ́mbloi
Genitive τοῦ σῐ́μβλου
toû sĭ́mblou 		τῶν σῐ́μβλων
tôn sĭ́mblōn
Dative τῷ σῐ́μβλῳ
tōî sĭ́mblōi 		τοῖς σῐ́μβλοις
toîs sĭ́mblois
Accusative τὸν σῐ́μβλον
tòn sĭ́mblon 		τοὺς σῐ́μβλους
toùs sĭ́mblous
Vocative σῐ́μβλε
sĭ́mble 		σῐ́μβλοι
sĭ́mbloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σίμβλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1332

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