κυμβαλιστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠμβᾰλῐ́ζω (kŭmbălĭ́zō, “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 • (kŭmbălĭstḗs) 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 kŭmbălĭstḗs	τὼ κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ tṑ kŭmbălĭstā́	οἱ κῠμβᾰλῐσταί hoi kŭmbălĭstaí
Genitive	τοῦ κῠμβᾰλῐστοῦ toû kŭmbălĭstoû	τοῖν κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖν toîn kŭmbălĭstaîn	τῶν κῠμβᾰλῐστῶν tôn kŭmbălĭstôn
Dative	τῷ κῠμβᾰλῐστῇ tôi kŭmbălĭstêi	τοῖν κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖν toîn kŭmbălĭstaîn	τοῖς κῠμβᾰλῐσταῖς toîs kŭmbălĭstaîs
Accusative	τὸν κῠμβᾰλῐστήν tòn kŭmbălĭstḗn	τὼ κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ tṑ kŭmbălĭstā́	τοὺς κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ς toùs kŭmbălĭstā́s
Vocative	κῠμβᾰλῐστᾰ́ kŭmbălĭstắ	κῠμβᾰλῐστᾱ́ kŭmbălĭstā́	κῠμβᾰλῐσταί kŭmbălĭstaí
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