κυμβαλιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠμβᾰλῐ́ζω (kumbalízō, “to play the cymbals”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kym.ba.lis.tɛ̌ːs/ → /cym.ba.lisˈtis/ → /cim.ba.lisˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kym.ba.lis.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kym.ba.lisˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cym.ba.lisˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cym.ba.lisˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cim.ba.lisˈtis/

Noun

κῠμβᾰλῐστής • (kumbalistḗs) m (genitive κῠμβᾰλῐστοῦ); first declension

1. (music) player upon cymbals

Inflection

First declension of ὁ κῠμβᾰλῐστής; τοῦ κῠμβᾰλῐστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠμβᾰλῐστής ho kumbalistḗs	τὼ κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ tṑ kumbalistā́	οἱ κῠμβᾰλῐσταί hoi kumbalistaí
Genitive	τοῦ κῠμβᾰλῐστοῦ toû kumbalistoû	τοῖν κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖν toîn kumbalistaîn	τῶν κῠμβᾰλῐστῶν tôn kumbalistôn
Dative	τῷ κῠμβᾰλῐστῇ tôi kumbalistêi	τοῖν κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖν toîn kumbalistaîn	τοῖς κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖς toîs kumbalistaîs
Accusative	τὸν κῠμβᾰλῐστήν tòn kumbalistḗn	τὼ κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ tṑ kumbalistā́	τοὺς κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ς toùs kumbalistā́s
Vocative	κῠμβᾰλῐστᾰ́ kumbalistá	κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ kumbalistā́	κῠμβᾰλῐσταί kumbalistaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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