Κυβέλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κῠβήβη (Kubḗbē)

Etymology

From Κῠ́βελον (Kúbelon), Κῠ́βελᾰ (Kúbela), from Phrygian or Lydian (see Cybele at Wikipedia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.bé.lɛː/ → /cyˈβe.li/ → /ciˈve.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.bé.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈbe.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈβe.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈve.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈve.li/

Proper noun

Κῠβέλη • (Kubélē) f (genitive Κῠβέλης); first declension

1. Cybele

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῠβέλη; τῆς Κῠβέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠβέλη hē Kubélē
Genitive	τῆς Κῠβέλης tês Kubélēs
Dative	τῇ Κῠβέλῃ têi Kubélēi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠβέλην tḕn Kubélēn
Vocative	Κῠβέλη Kubélē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῠβεληγενής (Kubelēgenḗs)
• Κῠβεληΐς (Kubelēḯs)
• κῠ́βηβος (kúbēbos)

 

Related terms

• Κῠβηλῐ́ς (Kubēlís)

Descendants

• Greek: Κυβέλη (Kyvéli)
• Latin: Cybelē

References

• “Κυβέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κυβέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007