κοσύμβη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κοσσῠ́μβη (kossúmbē)
Etymology
Lewy compares Akkadian 𒆪𒍦𒁍 (ku-zip-pu /kuzippu, guzippu/, “cloak”), Arabic كُرْسُف (kursuf, “cotton”). Pre-Greek origin is likely, given the prenasalization and similar words like κόσυμβος (kósumbos, “hairnet”), κότθυβος (kótthubos, “piece of military equipment”) and κοσυβάτας (kosubátas, “sacrificer”). This does not exclude that the word is found in Semitic too, since it may be an old Kulturwort.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.sým.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈsym.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈsym.bi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈsym.bi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈsim.bi/
Noun
κοσῠ́μβη • (kosúmbē) f (genitive κοσῠ́μβης); first declension
- topknot
- Synonym: κρωβῠ́λος (krōbúlos)
- shepherd's coat
- Synonym: ἐγκόμβωμᾰ (enkómbōma)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κοσῠ́μβη; τῆς κοσῠ́μβης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κοσῠ́μβη hē kosúmbē | τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosúmbā | αἱ κοσῠ́μβαι hai kosúmbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κοσῠ́μβης tês kosúmbēs | τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosúmbain | τῶν κοσῠμβῶν tôn kosumbôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κοσῠ́μβῃ têi kosúmbēi | τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosúmbain | ταῖς κοσῠ́μβαις taîs kosúmbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κοσῠ́μβην tḕn kosúmbēn | τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosúmbā | τᾱ̀ς κοσῠ́μβᾱς tā̀s kosúmbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κοσῠ́μβη kosúmbē | κοσῠ́μβᾱ kosúmbā | κοσῠ́μβαι kosúmbai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κοσύμβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κοσύμβη 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