κολυμβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολῠμβᾰ́ω (kolumbáō, “to plunge, dive”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κολῠμβᾰ́ς • (kolumbás) f (genitive κολῠμβᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. olive pickled in brine
  2. thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)
    Synonym: στοιβή (stoibḗ)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς; τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς
hē kolumbás		 τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε
tṑ kolumbáde		 αἱ κολῠμβᾰ́δες
hai kolumbádes
Genitive τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος
tês kolumbádos		 τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν
toîn kolumbádoin		 τῶν κολῠμβᾰ́δων
tôn kolumbádōn
Dative τῇ κολῠμβᾰ́δῐ
têi kolumbádi		 τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν
toîn kolumbádoin		 ταῖς κολῠμβᾰ́σῐ / κολῠμβᾰ́σῐν
taîs kolumbási(n)
Accusative τὴν κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn kolumbáda		 τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε
tṑ kolumbáde		 τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s kolumbádas
Vocative κολῠμβᾰ́ς
kolumbás		 κολῠμβᾰ́δε
kolumbáde		 κολῠμβᾰ́δες
kolumbádes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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