κολύβδαινα

κολύβδαινα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κολύμβαινα (kolúmbaina)

Etymology

A typically Pre-Greek word with interchange "βδ/β" and prenasalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.lýb.dai̯.na/ → /koˈlyβ.ðɛ.na/ → /koˈliv.ðe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lýb.dai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈlyb.dɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈlyβ.ðɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈlyv.ðe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈliv.ðe.na/

Noun

κολύβδαινᾰ • (kolúbdaina) f (genitive κολυβδαίνᾱς); first declension

1. kind of crab

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κολύβδαινᾰ; τῆς κολυβδαίνᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κολύβδαινᾰ hē kolúbdaina	τὼ κολυβδαίνᾱ tṑ kolubdaínā	αἱ κολύβδαιναι hai kolúbdainai
Genitive	τῆς κολυβδαίνᾱς tês kolubdaínās	τοῖν κολυβδαίναιν toîn kolubdaínain	τῶν κολυβδαινῶν tôn kolubdainôn
Dative	τῇ κολυβδαίνᾳ têi kolubdaínāi	τοῖν κολυβδαίναιν toîn kolubdaínain	ταῖς κολυβδαίναις taîs kolubdaínais
Accusative	τὴν κολύβδαινᾰν tḕn kolúbdainan	τὼ κολυβδαίνᾱ tṑ kolubdaínā	τᾱ̀ς κολυβδαίνᾱς tā̀s kolubdaínās
Vocative	κολύβδαινᾰ kolúbdaina	κολυβδαίνᾱ kolubdaínā	κολύβδαιναι kolúbdainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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