κυρβασία

κυρβασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *kurpasya-. The final part of the word is from a term cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯-‎ (pas-, “to bind”)[1].

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kyr.ba.sí.aː/ → /cyr.βaˈsi.a/ → /cir.vaˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyr.ba.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyr.baˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyr.βaˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyr.vaˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cir.vaˈsi.a/

Noun

κυρβᾰσίᾱ • (kurbasíā) f (genitive κυρβᾰσίᾱς); first declension

1. a Persian bonnet or hat, with a peaked crown

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κυρβᾰσίᾱ; τῆς κυρβᾰσίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κυρβᾰσίᾱ hē kurbasíā	τὼ κυρβᾰσίᾱ tṑ kurbasíā	αἱ κυρβᾰσίαι hai kurbasíai
Genitive	τῆς κυρβᾰσίᾱς tês kurbasíās	τοῖν κυρβᾰσίαιν toîn kurbasíain	τῶν κυρβᾰσιῶν tôn kurbasiôn
Dative	τῇ κυρβᾰσίᾳ têi kurbasíāi	τοῖν κυρβᾰσίαιν toîn kurbasíain	ταῖς κυρβᾰσίαις taîs kurbasíais
Accusative	τὴν κυρβᾰσίᾱν tḕn kurbasíān	τὼ κυρβᾰσίᾱ tṑ kurbasíā	τᾱ̀ς κυρβᾰσίᾱς tā̀s kurbasíās
Vocative	κυρβᾰσίᾱ kurbasíā	κυρβᾰσίᾱ kurbasíā	κυρβᾰσίαι kurbasíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κυρβασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κυρβασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κυρβασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 154