Κάβειροι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Not related to Sanskrit कुबेर (kubera, “god of riches and treasure”). The root of the name is clearly the same as that in Κάβαρνοι (Kábarnoi, “priests of Demeter”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.beː.roi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.bi.ry/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.βi.ry/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.ry/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.vi.ri/

Noun

Κᾰ́βειροι • (Kábeiroi) m pl (genitive Κᾰβείρων); first declension

(Greek mythology) Cabeiri, a group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped especially in Samothrace, Lemnos and Boeotia

Inflection

Second declension of οἱ Κᾰ́βειροι; τῶν Κᾰβείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Κᾰ́βειροι hoi Kábeiroi
Genitive	τῶν Κᾰβείρων tôn Kabeírōn
Dative	τοῖς Κᾰβείροις toîs Kabeírois
Accusative	τοὺς Κᾰβείρους toùs Kabeírous
Vocative	Κᾰ́βειροι Kábeiroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κᾰβείρῐᾰ (Kabeíria)
Κᾰβειρῐ́ᾱ (Kabeiríā)
Κᾰβειρῐᾰ́ζομαι (Kabeiriázomai)
Κᾰβειρῐᾰ́ς (Kabeiriás)
Κᾰβειρῐ́δες (Kabeirídes)
Κᾰβειρῐκός (Kabeirikós)
Κᾰβείρῐον (Kabeírion)
Κᾰβειρώ (Kabeirṓ)

Descendants

→ English: Cabeiri
→ Latin: Cabīrī