Κύψελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κυψέλη (kupsélē, “chest”) + -ος (-os).

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/

Proper noun

Κύψελος • (Kúpselos) m (genitive Κυψέλου); second declension

1. Cypselus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κύψελος; τοῦ Κυψέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κύψελος ho Kúpselos
Genitive	τοῦ Κυψέλου toû Kupsélou
Dative	τῷ Κυψέλῳ tôi Kupsélōi
Accusative	τὸν Κύψελον tòn Kúpselon
Vocative	Κύψελε Kúpsele
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κύψελος (Kýpselos)
• Latin: Cypselus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007