κεβλή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κεβαλή (kebalḗ)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-l-, like κεφαλή (kephalḗ), but from a dialect that underwent different sound shifts. Krahe assumes Illyrian origin and Mayer compares this word with Cibalae, a town of Pannonia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.blɛ̌ː/ → /ceˈβli/ → /ceˈvli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.blɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈble̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈβli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈvli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈvli/

Noun

κεβλή • (keblḗ) f (genitive κεβλῆς); first declension

1. (anatomy) Macedonian form of: κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Declension

First declension of ἡ κεβλή; τῆς κεβλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κεβλή hē keblḗ	τὼ κεβλᾱ́ tṑ keblā́	αἱ κεβλαί hai keblaí
Genitive	τῆς κεβλῆς tês keblês	τοῖν κεβλαῖν toîn keblaîn	τῶν κεβλῶν tôn keblôn
Dative	τῇ κεβλῇ têi keblêi	τοῖν κεβλαῖν toîn keblaîn	ταῖς κεβλαῖς taîs keblaîs
Accusative	τὴν κεβλήν tḕn keblḗn	τὼ κεβλᾱ́ tṑ keblā́	τᾱ̀ς κεβλᾱ́ς tā̀s keblā́s
Vocative	κεβλή keblḗ	κεβλᾱ́ keblā́	κεβλαί keblaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεβλήνη (keblḗnē)
• κεβλήπῠρῐς (keblḗpuris)
• κέβλος (kéblos)

 

Further reading

• “κεβλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεβλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN