κύβηβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κυβήβη (Kubḗbē, “Cybele”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.bɛː.bos/ → /ˈcy.βi.βos/ → /ˈci.vi.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.bɛː.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.be̝.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.βi.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.vi.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.vi.vos/

Noun

κῠ́βηβος • (kúbēbos) m (genitive κῠβήβου); second declension

1. minister of Cybele
2. (figuratively) ecstatic or frantic person

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́βηβος; τοῦ κῠβήβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́βηβος ho kúbēbos	τὼ κῠβήβω tṑ kubḗbō	οἱ κῠ́βηβοι hoi kúbēboi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠβήβου toû kubḗbou	τοῖν κῠβήβοιν toîn kubḗboin	τῶν κῠβήβων tôn kubḗbōn
Dative	τῷ κῠβήβῳ tôi kubḗbōi	τοῖν κῠβήβοιν toîn kubḗboin	τοῖς κῠβήβοις toîs kubḗbois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́βηβον tòn kúbēbon	τὼ κῠβήβω tṑ kubḗbō	τοὺς κῠβήβους toùs kubḗbous
Vocative	κῠ́βηβε kúbēbe	κῠβήβω kubḗbō	κῠ́βηβοι kúbēboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κῠβηβᾰ́ω (kubēbáō)

Further reading

• “κύβηβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύβηβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette