σαλάμβη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- σαλάβη (salábē)
Etymology edit
A Semitic origin has been proposed for this word, connecting it with Classical Syriac ܫܠܦܐ (šelpā, “a knife-like iron tool for grasping or pulling out something”) and Σαλαμβώ (Salambṓ, “Babilonian goddess of love”). However, the alternation β/μβ would receive a good explanation under the assumption of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.lám.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /saˈlam.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈlam.bi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈlam.bi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈlam.bi/
Noun edit
σᾰλάμβη • (salámbē) f (genitive σᾰλάμβης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σᾰλάμβη hē salámbē |
τὼ σᾰλάμβᾱ tṑ salámbā |
αἱ σᾰλάμβαι hai salámbai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σᾰλάμβης tês salámbēs |
τοῖν σᾰλάμβαιν toîn salámbain |
τῶν σᾰλαμβῶν tôn salambôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σᾰλάμβῃ têi salámbēi |
τοῖν σᾰλάμβαιν toîn salámbain |
ταῖς σᾰλάμβαις taîs salámbais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σᾰλάμβην tḕn salámbēn |
τὼ σᾰλάμβᾱ tṑ salámbā |
τᾱ̀ς σᾰλάμβᾱς tā̀s salámbās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σᾰλάμβη salámbē |
σᾰλάμβᾱ salámbā |
σᾰλάμβαι salámbai | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “σαλάμβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σαλάμβη 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