Σύβαρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.ba.ris/ → /ˈsy.βa.ris/ → /ˈsi.va.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.ba.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.ba.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.βa.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.va.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.va.ris/

Proper noun

Σῠ́βᾰρῐς • (Súbaris) f (genitive Σῠβᾰ́ρεως); third declension

1. Sybaris, an ancient Achaean settlement in Magna Graecia

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς; τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς hē Súbaris
Genitive	τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρεως tês Subáreōs
Dative	τῇ Σῠβᾰ́ρει têi Subárei
Accusative	τὴν Σῠ́βᾰρῐν tḕn Súbarin
Vocative	Σῠ́βᾰρῐ Súbari
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς; τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς hē Súbaris
Genitive	τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρῐος tês Subários
Dative	τῇ Σῠβᾰ́ρῑ têi Subárī
Accusative	τὴν Σῠ́βᾰρῐν tḕn Súbarin
Vocative	Σῠ́βᾰρῐ Súbari
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς; τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς hē Súbaris
Genitive	τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδος tês Subáridos
Dative	τῇ Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδῐ têi Subáridi
Accusative	τὴν Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδᾰ tḕn Subárida
Vocative	Σῠ́βᾰρῐς Súbaris
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Σῠβᾰ́ρειος (Subáreios)
• Σῠβᾰρῐ́ζω (Subarízō)
• Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Subarī́tēs)
• Σῠβᾰρῖτῐς (Subarîtis)
• Σῠβᾰρῑτῐκός (Subarītikós)

Proper noun

Σῠ́βᾰρῐς • (Súbaris) m (genitive Σῠβᾰ́ρεως); third declension

1. Sybaris, the river flowing by the town of Sybaris

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς; τοῦ Σῠβᾰ́ρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς ho Súbaris
Genitive	τοῦ Σῠβᾰ́ρεως toû Subáreōs
Dative	τῷ Σῠβᾰ́ρει tôi Subárei
Accusative	τὸν Σῠ́βᾰρῐν tòn Súbarin
Vocative	Σῠ́βᾰρῐ Súbari
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σύβαρις (Sývaris)
• Italian: Sibari
• Latin: Sybaris

References

• “Σύβαρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
• Σύβαρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette