κύβας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.baːs/ → /ˈcy.βas/ → /ˈci.vas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.baːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.vas/

Noun

κῠ́βᾱς • (kúbās) m (genitive κῠ́βου); first declension

1. Synonym of σορός (sorós, “vessel”) (according to Hesychius)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ κῠ́βᾱς; τοῦ κῠ́βου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́βᾱς ho kúbās	τὼ κῠ́βᾱ tṑ kúbā	οἱ κῠ́βαι hoi kúbai
Genitive	τοῦ κῠ́βου toû kúbou	τοῖν κῠ́βαιν toîn kúbain	τῶν κῠβῶν tôn kubôn
Dative	τῷ κῠ́βᾳ tôi kúbāi	τοῖν κῠ́βαιν toîn kúbain	τοῖς κῠ́βαις toîs kúbais
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́βᾱν tòn kúbān	τὼ κῠ́βᾱ tṑ kúbā	τοὺς κῠ́βᾱς toùs kúbās
Vocative	κῠ́βᾱ kúbā	κῠ́βᾱ kúbā	κῠ́βαι kúbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύβας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette