σαμβύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Aramaic ܣܐܒܒܥܚܐ (sabbekha).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sam.by̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /samˈby.ke/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /samˈby.ki/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /samˈby.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /samˈbi.ci/
Noun
σαμβῡ́κη • (sambū́kē) f (genitive σαμβῡ́κης); first declension
- sambuca, a triangular musical instrument with four strings
- engine of similar form used in sieges
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σαμβῡ́κη hē sambū́kē |
τὼ σαμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ sambū́kā |
αἱ σαμβῦκαι hai sambûkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σαμβῡ́κης tês sambū́kēs |
τοῖν σαμβῡ́καιν toîn sambū́kain |
τῶν σαμβῡκῶν tôn sambūkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σαμβῡ́κῃ têi sambū́kēi |
τοῖν σαμβῡ́καιν toîn sambū́kain |
ταῖς σαμβῡ́καις taîs sambū́kais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σαμβῡ́κην tḕn sambū́kēn |
τὼ σαμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ sambū́kā |
τᾱ̀ς σαμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s sambū́kās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σαμβῡ́κη sambū́kē |
σαμβῡ́κᾱ sambū́kā |
σαμβῦκαι sambûkai | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- σαμβῡκιστής (sambūkistḗs)
Descendants
- Latin: sambūca
Further reading
- σαμβύκη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σαμβύκη 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.