κύβιτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitum (“elbow; cubit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.bi.ton/ → /ˈcy.βi.ton/ → /ˈci.vi.ton/

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

Noun

κῠ́βῐτον • (kúbiton) n (genitive κῠβῐ́του); second declension

1. elbow; cubit
2. (in Sicily) point of the elbow

   Synonym: ὠλέκρανον (ōlékranon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́βῐτον; τοῦ κῠβῐ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kúbiton	τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kubítō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tà kúbita
Genitive	τοῦ κῠβῐ́του toû kubítou	τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kubítoin	τῶν κῠβῐ́των tôn kubítōn
Dative	τῷ κῠβῐ́τῳ tôi kubítōi	τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kubítoin	τοῖς κῠβῐ́τοις toîs kubítois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kúbiton	τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kubítō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tà kúbita
Vocative	κῠ́βῐτον kúbiton	κῠβῐ́τω kubítō	κῠ́βῐτᾰ kúbita
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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