κύστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) or from κύω (kúō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýs.tis/ → /ˈcys.tis/ → /ˈcis.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkys.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcys.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcys.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcis.tis/

Noun

κύστις • (kústis) f (genitive κύστεως); third declension

1. bladder

   Synonym: φῦσᾰ (phûsă)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κῠ́στῐς; τῆς κῠ́στεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠ́στῐς hē kŭ́stĭs	τὼ κῠ́στει tṑ kŭ́stei	αἱ κῠ́στεις hai kŭ́steis
Genitive	τῆς κῠ́στεως tês kŭ́steōs	τοῖν κῠστέοιν toîn kŭstéoin	τῶν κῠ́στεων tôn kŭ́steōn
Dative	τῇ κῠ́στει têi kŭ́stei	τοῖν κῠστέοιν toîn kŭstéoin	ταῖς κῠ́στεσῐ / κῠ́στεσῐν taîs kŭ́stesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῠ́στῐν tḕn kŭ́stĭn	τὼ κῠ́στει tṑ kŭ́stei	τᾱ̀ς κῠ́στεις tā̀s kŭ́steis
Vocative	κῠ́στῐ kŭ́stĭ	κῠ́στει kŭ́stei	κῠ́στεις kŭ́steis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κύστιον (kústion)

Descendants

• French: kyste
• Greek: κύστη (kýsti)

References

• “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κύστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 951