συβήνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes gives no etymology. The formation is like σαγήνη (sagḗnē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sy.bɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syˈbe̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syˈβi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syˈvi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈvi.ni/
Noun
σῠβήνη • (subḗnē) f (genitive σῠβήνης); first declension
- A flute case
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠβήνη; τῆς σῠβήνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σῠβήνη hē subḗnē | τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ subḗnā | αἱ σῠβῆναι hai subênai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σῠβήνης tês subḗnēs | τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn subḗnain | τῶν σῠβηνῶν tôn subēnôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σῠβήνῃ têi subḗnēi | τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn subḗnain | ταῖς σῠβήναις taîs subḗnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σῠβήνην tḕn subḗnēn | τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ subḗnā | τᾱ̀ς σῠβήνᾱς tā̀s subḗnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σῠβήνη subḗnē | σῠβήνᾱ subḗnā | σῠβῆναι subênai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “συβήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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