κρωβύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Lewy, from Aramaic כַּרְבָּלְתָּא (karbaltā, “headgear, a type of head covering; cock's comb, crest”), while Rabin points to it's ancestor Akkadian 𒌆𒋼𒀀𒁀𒀠𒆷𒋫 (TUG kar-ba-al-la-ta /⁠karballatu⁠/, “hat, cowl, pointed cap, linen helm”), generally taken as a foreign term associated with Cimmerians. Lagard thinks that the first syllable could be related to Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras, “head”). Furnée points to Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix, while Prellwitz connects the word with κόρυμβος (kórumbos, “peak, summit”) and Meister with κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), κόρθιλος (kórthilos, “wren”), κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”) and κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krɔː.bý.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kroˈby.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kroˈβy.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kroˈvy.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kroˈvi.los/

Noun

κρωβύλος • (krōbúlos) m (genitive κρωβύλου); second declension

topknot (decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head)
Synonym: κοσῠ́μβη (kosŭ́mbē)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κρωβῠ́λος; τοῦ κρωβῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρωβῠ́λος ho krōbŭ́los	τὼ κρωβῠ́λω tṑ krōbŭ́lō	οἱ κρωβῠ́λοι hoi krōbŭ́loi
Genitive	τοῦ κρωβῠ́λου toû krōbŭ́lou	τοῖν κρωβῠ́λοιν toîn krōbŭ́loin	τῶν κρωβῠ́λων tôn krōbŭ́lōn
Dative	τῷ κρωβῠ́λῳ tôi krōbŭ́lōi	τοῖν κρωβῠ́λοιν toîn krōbŭ́loin	τοῖς κρωβῠ́λοις toîs krōbŭ́lois
Accusative	τὸν κρωβῠ́λον tòn krōbŭ́lon	τὼ κρωβῠ́λω tṑ krōbŭ́lō	τοὺς κρωβῠ́λους toùs krōbŭ́lous
Vocative	κρωβῠ́λε krōbŭ́le	κρωβῠ́λω krōbŭ́lō	κρωβῠ́λοι krōbŭ́loi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κρωβυλώδης (krōbulṓdēs)

Related terms

κρωβύλη (krōbúlē)

Descendants

→ Latin: crōbylos
- → Italian: crobilo