κλαμβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word shares the formation with κολοβός (kolobós, “mutilated, docked”) and σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”), denoting a derivation from Pre-Greek. According to Beekes, the similarity with Lithuanian klumbas (“limping”) and Old English limpan (“to limp”) is only accidental.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klam.bós/ → /klamˈbos/ → /klamˈbos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klam.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klamˈbos/

Adjective

κλαμβός • (klambós) m (feminine κλαμβή, neuter κλαμβόν); first/second declension

1. docked, cropped

Inflection

First and second declension of κλαμβός; κλαμβή; κλαμβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κλαμβός klambós	κλαμβή klambḗ	κλαμβόν klambón		κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ		κλαμβοί klamboí	κλαμβαί klambaí	κλαμβᾰ́ klambá
Genitive		κλαμβοῦ klamboû	κλαμβῆς klambês	κλαμβοῦ klamboû		κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβαῖν klambaîn	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn		κλαμβῶν klambôn	κλαμβῶν klambôn	κλαμβῶν klambôn
Dative		κλαμβῷ klambôi	κλαμβῇ klambêi	κλαμβῷ klambôi		κλαμβοῖν klamboîn	κλαμβαῖν klambaîn	κλαμβοῖν klamboîn		κλαμβοῖς klamboîs	κλαμβαῖς klambaîs	κλαμβοῖς klamboîs
Accusative		κλαμβόν klambón	κλαμβήν klambḗn	κλαμβόν klambón		κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ		κλαμβούς klamboús	κλαμβᾱ́ς klambā́s	κλαμβᾰ́ klambá
Vocative		κλαμβέ klambé	κλαμβή klambḗ	κλαμβόν klambón		κλαμβώ klambṓ	κλαμβᾱ́ klambā́	κλαμβώ klambṓ		κλαμβοί klamboí	κλαμβαί klambaí	κλαμβᾰ́ klambá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κλαμβῶς klambôs				κλαμβότερος klambóteros				κλαμβότᾰτος klambótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κολοβός (kolobós)

References

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