κολυμβάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κολῠμβᾰ́ω (kolumbáō, “to plunge, dive”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.lym.bás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.limˈbas/
Noun
κολῠμβᾰ́ς • (kolumbás) f (genitive κολῠμβᾰ́δος); third declension
- olive pickled in brine
- thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)
- Synonym: στοιβή (stoibḗ)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς; τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς hē kolumbás | τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε tṑ kolumbáde | αἱ κολῠμβᾰ́δες hai kolumbádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος tês kolumbádos | τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν toîn kolumbádoin | τῶν κολῠμβᾰ́δων tôn kolumbádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κολῠμβᾰ́δῐ têi kolumbádi | κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν kolumbádoin | ταῖς κολῠμβᾰ́σῐ / κολῠμβᾰ́σῐν taîs kolumbási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn kolumbáda | κολῠμβᾰ́δε kolumbáde | τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s kolumbádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κολῠμβᾰ́ς kolumbás | κολῠμβᾰ́δε kolumbáde | κολῠμβᾰ́δες kolumbádes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- κολυμβάς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κολυμβάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette