κόμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The old comparisons with Lithuanian kabìnti (“to hang, hook on”), Proto-Slavic *skobà (“bracket”) and, within Greek, σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”) are quite dubious. The form κομποθηλεία (kompothēleía) clearly shows that there was a variant with -π-, which points to Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόμβος • (kómbos) m (genitive κόμβου); second declension

  1. roll, band, girth

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόμβος; τοῦ κόμβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόμβος
ho kómbos		 τὼ κόμβω
tṑ kómbō		 οἱ κόμβοι
hoi kómboi
Genitive τοῦ κόμβου
toû kómbou		 τοῖν κόμβοιν
toîn kómboin		 τῶν κόμβων
tôn kómbōn
Dative τῷ κόμβῳ
tôi kómbōi		 τοῖν κόμβοιν
toîn kómboin		 τοῖς κόμβοις
toîs kómbois
Accusative τὸν κόμβον
tòn kómbon		 τὼ κόμβω
tṑ kómbō		 τοὺς κόμβους
toùs kómbous
Vocative κόμβε
kómbe		 κόμβω
kómbō		 κόμβοι
kómboi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἐγκομβόομαι (enkombóomai)
  • κομβίον (kombíon)
  • κομβοθηλεία (kombothēleía)
  • κομβολύτης (kombolútēs)
  • κομβόω (kombóō)
  • κόμβωμα (kómbōma)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

κόμβος • (kómvos) m (plural κόμβοι)

  1. (traffic) interchange, hub, circus
  2. (nautical) knot (speed of one nautical mile per hour)
  3. node

Declension
declension of κόμβος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κόμβος • κόμβοι •
genitive κόμβου • κόμβων •
accusative κόμβο • κόμβους •
vocative κόμβε • κόμβοι •
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