κοσύμβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοσσῠ́μβη (kossŭ́mbē)

Etymology

Lewy compares Akkadian 𒆪𒍦𒁍 (ku-zip-pu /⁠kuzippu, guzippu⁠/, “cloak”), Arabic كُرْسُف (kursuf, “cotton”). Pre-Greek origin is likely, given the prenasalization and similar words like κόσυμβος (kósumbos, “hairnet”), κότθυβος (kótthubos, “piece of military equipment”) and κοσυβάτας (kosubátas, “sacrificer”). This does not exclude that the word is found in Semitic too, since it may be an old Kulturwort.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.sým.bɛː/ → /koˈsym.bi/ → /koˈsim.bi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.sým.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.bi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.bi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈsim.bi/

Noun

κοσῠ́μβη • (kosŭ́mbē) f (genitive κοσῠ́μβης); first declension

1. topknot

   Synonym: κρωβῠ́λος (krōbŭ́los)

2. shepherd's coat

   Synonym: ἐγκόμβωμᾰ (enkómbōmă)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κοσῠ́μβη; τῆς κοσῠ́μβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοσῠ́μβη hē kosŭ́mbē	τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosŭ́mbā	αἱ κοσῠ́μβαι hai kosŭ́mbai
Genitive	τῆς κοσῠ́μβης tês kosŭ́mbēs	τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosŭ́mbain	τῶν κοσῠμβῶν tôn kosŭmbôn
Dative	τῇ κοσῠ́μβῃ têi kosŭ́mbēi	τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosŭ́mbain	ταῖς κοσῠ́μβαις taîs kosŭ́mbais
Accusative	τὴν κοσῠ́μβην tḕn kosŭ́mbēn	τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosŭ́mbā	τᾱ̀ς κοσῠ́μβᾱς tā̀s kosŭ́mbās
Vocative	κοσῠ́μβη kosŭ́mbē	κοσῠ́μβᾱ kosŭ́mbā	κοσῠ́μβαι kosŭ́mbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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