σιβύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ζιβύνη (zibúnē), συβίνη (subínē)

Etymology

Of foreign origin. Thought to be from Illyrian *sibina, comparable to Proto-Albanian *tsupina (modern thupër). Also compare Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Persian زوبین (zubin, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐβῠ́νη • (sĭbŭ́nē) f (genitive σῐβῠ́νης); first declension

  1. hunting spear, pike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῐβῠ́νη; τῆς σῐβῠ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῐβῠ́νη
hē sĭbŭ́nē 		τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ
tṑ sĭbŭ́nā 		αἱ σῐβῠ́ναι
hai sĭbŭ́nai
Genitive τῆς σῐβῠ́νης
tês sĭbŭ́nēs 		τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν
toîn sĭbŭ́nain 		τῶν σῐβῠνῶν
tôn sĭbŭnôn
Dative τῇ σῐβῠ́νῃ
tēî sĭbŭ́nēi 		τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν
toîn sĭbŭ́nain 		ταῖς σῐβῠ́ναις
taîs sĭbŭ́nais
Accusative τὴν σῐβῠ́νην
tḕn sĭbŭ́nēn 		τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ
tṑ sĭbŭ́nā 		τᾱ̀ς σῐβῠ́νᾱς
tā̀s sĭbŭ́nās
Vocative σῐβῠ́νη
sĭbŭ́nē 		σῐβῠ́νᾱ
sĭbŭ́nā 		σῐβῠ́ναι
sĭbŭ́nai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • σιβύνιον (sibúnion)

Further reading

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