σιβύνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζιβύνη (zibúnē), συβίνη (subínē)
Etymology
Of foreign origin. Thought to be from Illyrian *sibina, comparable to Proto-Albanian *tsupina (modern thupër). Also compare Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Persian زوبین (zubin, “javelin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.bý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /siˈby.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈβy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈvy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈvi.ni/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σῐβῠ́νη hē sibúnē |
τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ tṑ sibúnā |
αἱ σῐβῠ́ναι hai sibúnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σῐβῠ́νης tês sibúnēs |
τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν toîn sibúnain |
τῶν σῐβῠνῶν tôn sibunôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σῐβῠ́νῃ têi sibúnēi |
τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν toîn sibúnain |
ταῖς σῐβῠ́ναις taîs sibúnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σῐβῠ́νην tḕn sibúnēn |
τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ tṑ sibúnā |
τᾱ̀ς σῐβῠ́νᾱς tā̀s sibúnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῐβῠ́νη sibúnē |
σῐβῠ́νᾱ sibúnā |
σῐβῠ́ναι sibúnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σιβύνιον (sibúnion)
Further reading
- “σιβύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σιβύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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