κύβιτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitum (“elbow; cubit”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.bi.ton/ → /ˈcy.βi.ton/ → /ˈci.vi.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.bi.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.bi.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.βi.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.vi.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.vi.ton/

Noun

κῠ́βῐτον • (kŭ́bĭton) n (genitive κῠβῐ́του); second declension

1. elbow; cubit
2. (in Sicily) point of the elbow

   Synonym: ὠλέκρανον (ōlékranon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́βῐτον; τοῦ κῠβῐ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kŭ́bĭton	τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kŭbĭ́tō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tằ kŭ́bĭtă
Genitive	τοῦ κῠβῐ́του toû kŭbĭ́tou	τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kŭbĭ́toin	τῶν κῠβῐ́των tôn kŭbĭ́tōn
Dative	τῷ κῠβῐ́τῳ tôi kŭbĭ́tōi	τοῖν κῠβῐ́τοιν toîn kŭbĭ́toin	τοῖς κῠβῐ́τοις toîs kŭbĭ́tois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́βῐτον tò kŭ́bĭton	τὼ κῠβῐ́τω tṑ kŭbĭ́tō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́βῐτᾰ tằ kŭ́bĭtă
Vocative	κῠ́βῐτον kŭ́bĭton	κῠβῐ́τω kŭbĭ́tō	κῠ́βῐτᾰ kŭ́bĭtă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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