κύβας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.baːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.bas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.βas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.vas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.vas/
Noun
κῠ́βᾱς • (kúbās) m (genitive κῠ́βου); first declension
- Synonym of σορός (sorós, “vessel”) (according to Hesychius)
Inflection
First declension of ὁ κῠ́βᾱς; τοῦ κῠ́βου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κῠ́βᾱς ho kúbās | τὼ κῠ́βᾱ tṑ kúbā | οἱ κῠ́βαι hoi kúbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠ́βου toû kúbou | τοῖν κῠ́βαιν toîn kúbain | τῶν κῠβῶν tôn kubôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠ́βᾳ tôi kúbāi | τοῖν κῠ́βαιν toîn kúbain | τοῖς κῠ́βαις toîs kúbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κῠ́βᾱν tòn kúbān | τὼ κῠ́βᾱ tṑ kúbā | τοὺς κῠ́βᾱς toùs kúbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́βᾱ kúbā | κῠ́βᾱ kúbā | κῠ́βαι kúbai | ||||||||||
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References
- “κύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κύβας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette