ἰαμβύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”), with influence from σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.amˈbi.ci/
Noun
ἰᾰμβῡ́κη • (iămbū́kē) f (genitive ἰᾰμβῡ́κης); first declension
- kind of musical instrument, distinct from the σαμβύκη (sambúkē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη hē iămbū́kē |
τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iămbū́kā |
αἱ ἰᾰμβῦκαι hai iămbûkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης tês iămbū́kēs |
τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iămbū́kain |
τῶν ἰᾰμβῡκῶν tôn iămbūkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἰᾰμβῡ́κῃ tēî iămbū́kēi |
τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iămbū́kain |
ταῖς ἰᾰμβῡ́καις taîs iămbū́kais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἰᾰμβῡ́κην tḕn iămbū́kēn |
τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iămbū́kā |
τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s iămbū́kās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἰᾰμβῡ́κη iămbū́kē |
ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ iămbū́kā |
ἰᾰμβῦκαι iămbûkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἰαμβύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἰαμβύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette