κίβισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and related to κιβωτός (kibōtós, “wooden box”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.bi.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.bi.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈki.βi.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.vi.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.vi.sis/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowels ί and ι by adding a macron after each one if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Noun

κίβισις • (kíbisis) f (genitive κίβισεως); third declension

A pouch, a wallet, such as Perseus wore

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κίβισῐς; τῆς κιβίσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κίβισῐς hē kíbisis	τὼ κιβίσει tṑ kibísei	αἱ κιβίσεις hai kibíseis
Genitive	τῆς κιβίσεως tês kibíseōs	τοῖν κιβισέοιν toîn kibiséoin	τῶν κιβίσεων tôn kibíseōn
Dative	τῇ κιβίσει têi kibísei	τοῖν κιβισέοιν toîn kibiséoin	ταῖς κιβίσεσῐ / κιβίσεσῐν taîs kibísesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κίβισῐν tḕn kíbisin	τὼ κιβίσει tṑ kibísei	τᾱ̀ς κιβίσεις tā̀s kibíseis
Vocative	κίβισῐ kíbisi	κιβίσει kibísei	κιβίσεις kibíseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

πήρα (pḗra)