κύμβαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Leumann, the divergent meanings should be explained from an original substantival, technical sense. The formation favors this as well: compare especially οὐρίαχος (ouríakhos, “end of a spear”) and στόμαχος (stómakhos, “throat, gullet; stomach”). The form κύμβη (kúmbē, “drinking cup”) has been taken as the basis, but this is unconvincing. Other have started from a nasalized form of κυβή (kubḗ, “head”): this form without prenasalization shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kým.ba.kʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkym.ba.kʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcym.ba.xos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcym.ba.xos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcim.ba.xos/

Adjective

κῠ́μβᾰχος • (kúmbakhos) m or f (neuter κῠ́μβᾰχον); second declension

falling headfirst

Declension

Second declension of κῠ́μβᾰχος; κῠ́μβᾰχον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κῠ́μβᾰχος kúmbakhos	κῠ́μβᾰχον kúmbakhon	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠ́μβᾰχοι kúmbakhoi	κῠ́μβᾰχᾰ kúmbakha
Genitive	κῠμβᾰ́χου kumbákhou	κῠμβᾰ́χου kumbákhou	κῠμβᾰ́χοιν kumbákhoin	κῠμβᾰ́χοιν kumbákhoin	κῠμβᾰ́χων kumbákhōn	κῠμβᾰ́χων kumbákhōn
Dative	κῠμβᾰ́χῳ kumbákhōi	κῠμβᾰ́χῳ kumbákhōi	κῠμβᾰ́χοιν kumbákhoin	κῠμβᾰ́χοιν kumbákhoin	κῠμβᾰ́χοις kumbákhois	κῠμβᾰ́χοις kumbákhois
Accusative	κῠ́μβᾰχον kúmbakhon	κῠ́μβᾰχον kúmbakhon	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠμβᾰ́χους kumbákhous	κῠ́μβᾰχᾰ kúmbakha
Vocative	κῠ́μβᾰχε kúmbakhe	κῠ́μβᾰχον kúmbakhon	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠ́μβᾰχοι kúmbakhoi	κῠ́μβᾰχᾰ kúmbakha
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κῠμβᾰ́χως kumbákhōs		κῠμβᾰχώτερος kumbakhṓteros		κῠμβᾰχώτᾰτος kumbakhṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κῠ́μβᾰχος • (kúmbakhos) m (genitive κῠμβᾰ́χου); second declension

crown, crest of a helmet

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́μβᾰχος; τοῦ κῠμβᾰ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́μβᾰχος ho kúmbakhos	τὼ κῠμβᾰ́χω tṑ kumbákhō	οἱ κῠ́μβᾰχοι hoi kúmbakhoi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠμβᾰ́χου toû kumbákhou	τοῖν κῠμβᾰ́χοιν toîn kumbákhoin	τῶν κῠμβᾰ́χων tôn kumbákhōn
Dative	τῷ κῠμβᾰ́χῳ tôi kumbákhōi	τοῖν κῠμβᾰ́χοιν toîn kumbákhoin	τοῖς κῠμβᾰ́χοις toîs kumbákhois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́μβᾰχον tòn kúmbakhon	τὼ κῠμβᾰ́χω tṑ kumbákhō	τοὺς κῠμβᾰ́χους toùs kumbákhous
Vocative	κῠ́μβᾰχε kúmbakhe	κῠμβᾰ́χω kumbákhō	κῠ́μβᾰχοι kúmbakhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.