Κορύβας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κύρβαντες (Kúrbantes)

Etymology

Formation like Ἄβαντες (Ábantes) and ἀλίβας (alíbas, “corpse, dead body”). Given their origin, a Phrygian word would be the first guess. However, the variation shows that the word was originally Pre-Greek, so Kretschmer's connection to Old Norse hverba (“to turn”) must be abandoned. It is difficult to establish which of the two forms was original. Kretschmer thought it was Κύρβαντες (Kúrbantes), whence Κορύβ- would have arisen by adaptation to κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”); however, Beekes finds this uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.rý.baːs/ → /koˈry.βas/ → /koˈri.vas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rý.baːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈry.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.vas/

Noun

Κορῠ́βᾱς • (Korúbās) m (genitive Κορῠ́βᾰντος); third declension

1. any individual among the Korybantes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κορῠ́βᾱς; τοῦ Κορῠ́βᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Κορῠ́βᾱς ho Korúbās	τὼ Κορῠ́βᾰντε tṑ Korúbante	οἱ Κορῠ́βᾰντες hoi Korúbantes
Genitive	τοῦ Κορῠ́βᾰντος toû Korúbantos	τοῖν Κορῠβᾰ́ντοιν toîn Korubántoin	τῶν Κορῠβᾰ́ντων tôn Korubántōn
Dative	τῷ Κορῠ́βᾰντῐ tôi Korúbanti	τοῖν Κορῠβᾰ́ντοιν toîn Korubántoin	τοῖς Κορῠ́βᾱσῐ / Κορῠ́βᾱσῐν toîs Korúbāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Κορῠ́βᾰντᾰ tòn Korúbanta	τὼ Κορῠ́βᾰντε tṑ Korúbante	τοὺς Κορῠ́βᾰντᾰς toùs Korúbantas
Vocative	Κορῠ́βᾰν Korúban	Κορῠ́βᾰντε Korúbante	Κορῠ́βᾰντες Korúbantes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κορυβάντειος (Korubánteios)
• Κορυβαντιάω (Korubantiáō)
• Κορυβαντίζω (Korubantízō)
• Κορυβαντικός (Korubantikós)
• Κορυβαντίς (Korubantís)
• Κορυβαντισμός (Korubantismós)
• Κορυβαντώδης (Korubantṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Κορύβας (Korývas)
• Latin: Corybās

References

• “Κορύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κορύβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Κορύβας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
• 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