συβήνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes gives no etymology. The formation is like σαγήνη (sagḗnē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sy.bɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syˈbe̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syˈβi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syˈvi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈvi.ni/
Noun
σῠβήνη • (sŭbḗnē) f (genitive σῠβήνης); first declension
- A flute case
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῠβήνη hē sŭbḗnē |
τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ sŭbḗnā |
αἱ σῠβῆναι hai sŭbênai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῠβήνης tês sŭbḗnēs |
τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn sŭbḗnain |
τῶν σῠβηνῶν tôn sŭbēnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῠβήνῃ tēî sŭbḗnēi |
τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn sŭbḗnain |
ταῖς σῠβήναις taîs sŭbḗnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῠβήνην tḕn sŭbḗnēn |
τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ sŭbḗnā |
τᾱ̀ς σῠβήνᾱς tā̀s sŭbḗnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠβήνη sŭbḗnē |
σῠβήνᾱ sŭbḗnā |
σῠβῆναι sŭbênai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “συβήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN