κυψέλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κῠψάλη (kupsálē)

Etymology

Not related to κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”), nor derived from κύπτω (kúptō, “to bend, stoop”). According to Beekes, clearly a Pre-Greek word, given the variant.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κῠψέλη • (kupsélē) f (genitive κῠψέλης); first declension

  1. chest, box, any hollow vessel
  2. beehive, hive
    Synonym: σίμβλος (símblos)
  3. (anatomy) hollow of the ear

Inflection
First declension of ἡ κῠψέλη; τῆς κῠψέλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κῠψέλη
hē kupsélē		 τὼ κῠψέλᾱ
tṑ kupsélā		 αἱ κῠψέλαι
hai kupsélai
Genitive τῆς κῠψέλης
tês kupsélēs		 τοῖν κῠψέλαιν
toîn kupsélain		 τῶν κῠψελῶν
tôn kupselôn
Dative τῇ κῠψέλῃ
têi kupsélēi		 τοῖν κῠψέλαιν
toîn kupsélain		 ταῖς κῠψέλαις
taîs kupsélais
Accusative τὴν κῠψέλην
tḕn kupsélēn		 τὼ κῠψέλᾱ
tṑ kupsélā		 τᾱ̀ς κῠψέλᾱς
tā̀s kupsélās
Vocative κῠψέλη
kupsélē		 κῠψέλᾱ
kupsélā		 κῠψέλαι
kupsélai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κύψελος (Kúpselos)
  • κῠψελόβῠστος (kupselóbustos)
  • κῠψέλῐον (kupsélion)
  • κῠψελῐ́ς (kupselís)

Descendants
  • Greek: κυψέλη (kypséli)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

κυψέλη • (kypséli) f (plural κυψέλες)

  1. beehive, hive

Declension
declension of κυψέλη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κυψέλη • κυψέλες •
genitive κυψέλης • κυψελών •
accusative κυψέλη • κυψέλες •
vocative κυψέλη • κυψέλες •

Synonyms

See also
  • κηρήθρα f (kiríthra, “beeswax, honeycomb”)
  • κυψελίδα f (kypselída, “ear wax; alveolus”)

Further reading
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