κολυμβάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κολῠμβᾰ́ω (kolumbáō, “to plunge, dive”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.lym.bás/ → /ko.lymˈbas/ → /ko.limˈbas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.lym.bás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.lymˈbas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.limˈbas/

Noun

κολῠμβᾰ́ς • (kolumbás) f (genitive κολῠμβᾰ́δος); third declension

1. olive pickled in brine
2. thorny burnet (Sarcopterium spinosum)

   Synonym: στοιβή (stoibḗ)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς; τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κολῠμβᾰ́ς hē kolumbás	τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε tṑ kolumbáde	αἱ κολῠμβᾰ́δες hai kolumbádes
Genitive	τῆς κολῠμβᾰ́δος tês kolumbádos	τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν toîn kolumbádoin	τῶν κολῠμβᾰ́δων tôn kolumbádōn
Dative	τῇ κολῠμβᾰ́δῐ têi kolumbádi	τοῖν κολῠμβᾰ́δοιν toîn kolumbádoin	ταῖς κολῠμβᾰ́σῐ / κολῠμβᾰ́σῐν taîs kolumbási(n)
Accusative	τὴν κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰ tḕn kolumbáda	τὼ κολῠμβᾰ́δε tṑ kolumbáde	τᾱ̀ς κολῠμβᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s kolumbádas
Vocative	κολῠμβᾰ́ς kolumbás	κολῠμβᾰ́δε kolumbáde	κολῠμβᾰ́δες kolumbádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “κολυμβάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κολυμβάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette