κισσύβιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κισσύφιον (kissúphion)

Etymology

The ancients connected the word with κισσός (kissós, “ivy”), either after the material or after the ornamentation resembling ivy leaves. According to Beekes, the word is Pre-Greek, because of the variation β/φ.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kis.sý.bi.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kisˈsy.bi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cisˈsy.βi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cisˈsy.vi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈsi.vi.on/

Noun

κῐσσῠ́βῐον • (kissúbion) n (genitive κῐσσῠβῐ́ου); second declension

rustic drinking-cup of wood, used by the Cyclops

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῐσσῠ́βῐον; τοῦ κῐσσῠβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐσσῠ́βῐον tò kissúbion	τὼ κῐσσῠβῐ́ω tṑ kissubíō	τᾰ̀ κῐσσῠ́βῐᾰ tà kissúbia
Genitive	τοῦ κῐσσῠβῐ́ου toû kissubíou	τοῖν κῐσσῠβῐ́οιν toîn kissubíoin	τῶν κῐσσῠβῐ́ων tôn kissubíōn
Dative	τῷ κῐσσῠβῐ́ῳ tôi kissubíōi	τοῖν κῐσσῠβῐ́οιν toîn kissubíoin	τοῖς κῐσσῠβῐ́οις toîs kissubíois
Accusative	τὸ κῐσσῠ́βῐον tò kissúbion	τὼ κῐσσῠβῐ́ω tṑ kissubíō	τᾰ̀ κῐσσῠ́βῐᾰ tà kissúbia
Vocative	κῐσσῠ́βῐον kissúbion	κῐσσῠβῐ́ω kissubíō	κῐσσῠ́βῐᾰ kissúbia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.