καλύβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καλυβός (kalubós)
• κολυβός (kolubós)

Etymology

Due to the presence of variations, probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/ → /kaˈly.βi/ → /kaˈli.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lý.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈly.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.vi/

Noun

κᾰλῠ́βη • (kalúbē) f (genitive κᾰλῠ́βης); first declension

1. A hut, a cabin

   Synonym: κλισία (klisía)

2. A bridal bower
3. A sleeping tent on the roof of a house
4. A cover, a screen

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰλῠ́βη; τῆς κᾰλῠ́βης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλῠ́βη hē kalúbē	τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kalúbā	αἱ κᾰλῠ́βαι hai kalúbai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλῠ́βης tês kalúbēs	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kalúbain	τῶν κᾰλῠβῶν tôn kalubôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλῠ́βῃ têi kalúbēi	τοῖν κᾰλῠ́βαιν toîn kalúbain	ταῖς κᾰλῠ́βαις taîs kalúbais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλῠ́βην tḕn kalúbēn	τὼ κᾰλῠ́βᾱ tṑ kalúbā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλῠ́βᾱς tā̀s kalúbās
Vocative	κᾰλῠ́βη kalúbē	κᾰλῠ́βᾱ kalúbā	κᾰλῠ́βαι kalúbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καλυβεύς (kalubeús)
• καλύβιον (kalúbion)
• καλυβίτης (kalubítēs)

Descendants

• Greek: καλύβα f (kalýva, “hut”)

Further reading

• “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλύβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καλύβη 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.
  • cabin idem, page 108.
  • hovel idem, page 408.
  • hut idem, page 412.
  • shanty idem, page 762.
  • shed idem, page 763.
• 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

Greek

Noun

καλύβη • (kalývi) f (plural καλύβες)

1. Alternative form of καλύβα (kalýva)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)
genitive	καλύβης (kalývis)	καλυβών (kalyvón)
accusative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)
vocative	καλύβη (kalývi)	καλύβες (kalýves)