Κύμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from κῦμᾰ (kûma, “wave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈcy.mi/ → /ˈci.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.mi/

Proper noun

Κῡ́μη • (Kū́mē) f (genitive Κῡ́μης); first declension

1. Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Euboea; Kymi, Euboea, Greece
2. Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Aeolis
3. Cumae, an ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia; Cuma, Campania, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῡ́μη; τῆς Κῡ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῡ́μη hē Kū́mē
Genitive	τῆς Κῡ́μης tês Kū́mēs
Dative	τῇ Κῡ́μῃ têi Kū́mēi
Accusative	τὴν Κῡ́μην tḕn Kū́mēn
Vocative	Κῡ́μη Kū́mē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῡμαῖος (Kūmaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Κύμη (Kými)
• Italian: Cuma
• Latin: Cūmae; Cȳmē
• → Translingual: Cuma (learned)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007