κιννάβαρι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κιννάβαρις (kinnábaris)
τιγγάβαρι (tingábari), τυγγάβαρι (tungábari), τιγγάβαρυ (tingábaru), τιαγγάβαρι (tiangábari) — Attic

Etymology

According to Beekes, a foreign word, probably of Oriental origin. Compare Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr), related to Persian (šangarf) from Old Persian 𐎿𐎡𐎣𐎲𐎽𐎢𐏁 (s-i-k-b-ru-u-š /⁠siⁿkabruš⁠/, “carnelian”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kin.ná.ba.ri/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kinˈna.ba.ri/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cinˈna.βa.ri/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cinˈna.va.ri/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈna.va.ri/

Noun

κιννάβᾰρῐ • (kinnábari) n (genitive κιννᾰβάρεως); third declension

cinnabar, bisulphuret of mercury
Synonym: ψάδδα (psádda)
vermilion

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ; τοῦ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ tò kinnábari	τὼ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tṑ kinnabárei	τᾰ̀ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ tà kinnabárē / kinnabárea
Genitive	τοῦ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεως toû kinnabáreōs	τοῖν κιννᾰβᾰρέοιν toîn kinnabaréoin	τῶν κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεων tôn kinnabáreōn
Dative	τῷ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tôi kinnabárei	τοῖν κιννᾰβᾰρέοιν toîn kinnabaréoin	τοῖς κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεσῐ / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεσῐν toîs kinnabáresi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ tò kinnábari	τὼ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει tṑ kinnabárei	τᾰ̀ κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ tà kinnabárē / kinnabárea
Vocative	κιννᾰ́βᾰρῐ kinnábari	κιννᾰβᾰ́ρει kinnabárei	κιννᾰβᾰ́ρη / κιννᾰβᾰ́ρεᾰ kinnabárē / kinnabárea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κινναβαρίζω (kinnabarízō)
κινναβάρινος (kinnabárinos)
κινναβάριον (kinnabárion)

Descendants

→ Latin: cinnabari, cinnabaris (see there for further descendants)
→ Classical Syriac: ܩܝܢܒܪܝܣ, ܩܢܒܪܝܣ, ܩܝܡܒܪܝܣ