κάβαισος

κάβαισος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́βᾰσος (kábasos)

Etymology

In antiquity the word was analyzed as a compound of κάβος (kábos, “a corn-measure”) + αἶσα (aîsa, “one's lot, share”), which is of course nonsense. The meaning and structure of the word point to Pre-Greek origin. Furnée further connects καμασός (kamasós, “abyss”), which is possible but uncertain; the comparison with καμασήν (kamasḗn, “fish”) is even more uncertain.

Noun

κᾰ́βαισος • (kábaisos) m (genitive κᾰβαίσου); second declension

1. glutton, gourmand

   Synonyms: γᾰστρῐ́μᾰργος (gastrímargos), τένθης (ténthēs), φᾰ́γος (phágos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́βαισος; τοῦ κᾰβαίσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́βαισος ho kábaisos	τὼ κᾰβαίσω tṑ kabaísō	οἱ κᾰ́βαισοι hoi kábaisoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰβαίσου toû kabaísou	τοῖν κᾰβαίσοιν toîn kabaísoin	τῶν κᾰβαίσων tôn kabaísōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰβαίσῳ tôi kabaísōi	κᾰβαίσοιν kabaísoin	τοῖς κᾰβαίσοις toîs kabaísois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́βαισον tòn kábaison	κᾰβαίσω kabaísō	τοὺς κᾰβαίσους toùs kabaísous
Vocative	κᾰ́βαισε kábaise	κᾰβαίσω kabaísō	κᾰ́βαισοι kábaisoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• κάβαισος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κάβαισος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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