συβήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes gives no etymology. The formation is like σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sy.bɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /syˈβi.ni/ → /siˈvi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sy.bɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /syˈbe̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /syˈβi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /syˈvi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈvi.ni/

Noun

σῠβήνη • (subḗnē) f (genitive σῠβήνης); first declension

1. A flute case

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῠβήνη; τῆς σῠβήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῠβήνη hē subḗnē	τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ subḗnā	αἱ σῠβῆναι hai subênai
Genitive	τῆς σῠβήνης tês subḗnēs	τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn subḗnain	τῶν σῠβηνῶν tôn subēnôn
Dative	τῇ σῠβήνῃ têi subḗnēi	τοῖν σῠβήναιν toîn subḗnain	ταῖς σῠβήναις taîs subḗnais
Accusative	τὴν σῠβήνην tḕn subḗnēn	τὼ σῠβήνᾱ tṑ subḗnā	τᾱ̀ς σῠβήνᾱς tā̀s subḗnās
Vocative	σῠβήνη subḗnē	σῠβήνᾱ subḗnā	σῠβῆναι subênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “συβήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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