κύβιτον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cubitum (“elbow; cubit”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.bi.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.bi.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.βi.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.vi.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.vi.ton/
Noun
κῠ́βῐτον • (kúbiton) n (genitive κῠβῐ́του); second declension
- elbow; cubit
- (in Sicily) point of the elbow
- Synonym: ὠλέκρανον (ōlékranon)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κῠ́βῐτον; τοῦ κῠβῐ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kúbiton | τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kubítō | τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tà kúbita | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠβῐ́του toû kubítou | τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kubítoin | τῶν κῠβῐ́των tôn kubítōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠβῐ́τῳ tôi kubítōi | τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kubítoin | τοῖς κῠβῐ́τοις toîs kubítois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kúbiton | τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kubítō | τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tà kúbita | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́βῐτον kúbiton | κῠβῐ́τω kubítō | κῠ́βῐτᾰ kúbita | ||||||||||
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References
- “κύβιτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κύβιτον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette