σιβύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ζιβύνη (zibúnē)
συβίνη (subínē)

Etymology

Clearly a word of foreign origin. Compare Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Persian ‎ (zubin, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.bý.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈby.ne/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈβy.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈvy.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈvi.ni/

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Noun

σιβύνη • (sibúnē) f (genitive σιβύνης); first declension

A hunting spear, a pike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σιβύνη; τῆς σιβύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σιβύνη hē sibúnē	τὼ σιβύνᾱ tṑ sibúnā	αἱ σιβύναι hai sibúnai
Genitive	τῆς σιβύνης tês sibúnēs	τοῖν σιβύναιν toîn sibúnain	τῶν σιβυνῶν tôn sibunôn
Dative	τῇ σιβύνῃ têi sibúnēi	τοῖν σιβύναιν toîn sibúnain	ταῖς σιβύναις taîs sibúnais
Accusative	τὴν σιβύνην tḕn sibúnēn	τὼ σιβύνᾱ tṑ sibúnā	τᾱ̀ς σιβύνᾱς tā̀s sibúnās
Vocative	σιβύνη sibúnē	σιβύνᾱ sibúnā	σιβύναι sibúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σιβύνιον (sibúnion)

References

σιβύνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σιβύνη 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

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