Σύβοτα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠβότης (subótēs), σῠβώτης (subṓtēs, “swineherd”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sý.bo.ta/ → /ˈsy.βo.ta/ → /ˈsi.vo.ta/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sý.bo.ta/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.bo.ta/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.βo.ta/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsy.vo.ta/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.vo.ta/

Proper noun

Σῠ́βοτᾰ • (Súbota) n pl (genitive Σῠβότων); second declension

1. Sybota, Thesprotia, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Σῠ́βοτᾰ; τῶν Σῠβότων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Σῠ́βοτᾰ tà Súbota
Genitive	τῶν Σῠβότων tôn Subótōn
Dative	τοῖς Σῠβότοις toîs Subótois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Σῠ́βοτᾰ tà Súbota
Vocative	Σῠ́βοτᾰ Súbota
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σύβοτα (Sývota)
• → Italian: Sibota
• → Latin: Sybota

References

• “Σύβοτα”, 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
• Σύβοτα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette