κύβηβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Κυβήβη (Kubḗbē, “Cybele”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.bɛː.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.be̝.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.βi.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.vi.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.vi.vos/
Noun
κῠ́βηβος • (kúbēbos) m (genitive κῠβήβου); second declension
- minister of Cybele
- (figuratively) ecstatic or frantic person
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κῠ́βηβος; τοῦ κῠβήβου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κῠ́βηβος ho kúbēbos | τὼ κῠβήβω tṑ kubḗbō | οἱ κῠ́βηβοι hoi kúbēboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠβήβου toû kubḗbou | τοῖν κῠβήβοιν toîn kubḗboin | τῶν κῠβήβων tôn kubḗbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠβήβῳ tôi kubḗbōi | τοῖν κῠβήβοιν toîn kubḗboin | τοῖς κῠβήβοις toîs kubḗbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κῠ́βηβον tòn kúbēbon | τὼ κῠβήβω tṑ kubḗbō | τοὺς κῠβήβους toùs kubḗbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́βηβε kúbēbe | κῠβήβω kubḗbō | κῠ́βηβοι kúbēboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κῠβηβᾰ́ω (kubēbáō)
Further reading
- “κύβηβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κύβηβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette