κασαλβάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κασσαβάς (kassabás)

Etymology

According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek word and clearly related to similar words like κασαύρα (kasaúra) and κασωρίς (kasōrís).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sal.bás/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.salˈbas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.salˈβas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.salˈvas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.salˈvas/

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Noun

κασαλβᾰ́ς • (kasalbás) f (genitive κασαλβᾰ́δος); third declension

strumpet

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κασαλβᾰ́ς; τῆς κασαλβᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κασαλβᾰ́ς hē kasalbás	τὼ κασαλβᾰ́δε tṑ kasalbáde	αἱ κασαλβᾰ́δες hai kasalbádes
Genitive	τῆς κασαλβᾰ́δος tês kasalbádos	τοῖν κασαλβᾰ́δοιν toîn kasalbádoin	τῶν κασαλβᾰ́δων tôn kasalbádōn
Dative	τῇ κασαλβᾰ́δῐ têi kasalbádi	τοῖν κασαλβᾰ́δοιν toîn kasalbádoin	ταῖς κασαλβᾰ́σῐ / κασαλβᾰ́σῐν taîs kasalbási(n)
Accusative	τὴν κασαλβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn kasalbáda	τὼ κασαλβᾰ́δε tṑ kasalbáde	τᾱ̀ς κασαλβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s kasalbádas
Vocative	κασαλβᾰ́ς kasalbás	κασαλβᾰ́δε kasalbáde	κασαλβᾰ́δες kasalbádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

κασαλβάζω (kasalbázō)
κασάλβιον (kasálbion)

References

κασαλβάς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κασαλβάς 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