κύψελος

See also: Κύψελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly a Pre-Greek word, like κυψέλη (kupsélē, “beehive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýp.se.los/ → /ˈcyp.se.los/ → /ˈcip.se.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýp.se.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyp.se.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcip.se.los/

Noun

κῠ́ψελος • (kúpselos) m (genitive κῠψέλου); second declension

1. swift (Apus apus)

   Synonym: ἄπους (ápous)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́ψελος; τοῦ κῠψέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́ψελος ho kúpselos	τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kupsélō	οἱ κῠ́ψελοι hoi kúpseloi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠψέλου toû kupsélou	τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kupséloin	τῶν κῠψέλων tôn kupsélōn
Dative	τῷ κῠψέλῳ tôi kupsélōi	τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kupséloin	τοῖς κῠψέλοις toîs kupsélois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́ψελον tòn kúpselon	τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kupsélō	τοὺς κῠψέλους toùs kupsélous
Vocative	κῠ́ψελε kúpsele	κῠψέλω kupsélō	κῠ́ψελοι kúpseloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κύψελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύψελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κυψέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 811