ἰαμβύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”), with influence from σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.amˈbi.ci/
Noun
ἰᾰμβῡ́κη • (iambū́kē) f (genitive ἰᾰμβῡ́κης); first declension
- kind of musical instrument, distinct from the σαμβύκη (sambúkē)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη; τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη hē iambū́kē | τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iambū́kā | αἱ ἰᾰμβῦκαι hai iambûkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης tês iambū́kēs | τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iambū́kain | τῶν ἰᾰμβῡκῶν tôn iambūkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἰᾰμβῡ́κῃ têi iambū́kēi | τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iambū́kain | ταῖς ἰᾰμβῡ́καις taîs iambū́kais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἰᾰμβῡ́κην tḕn iambū́kēn | τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iambū́kā | τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s iambū́kās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἰᾰμβῡ́κη iambū́kē | ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ iambū́kā | ἰᾰμβῦκαι iambûkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἰαμβύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἰαμβύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette