κύψελος

See also: Κύψελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clearly a Pre-Greek word, like κυψέλη (kupsélē, “beehive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýp.se.los/ → /ˈcyp.se.los/ → /ˈcip.se.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýp.se.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyp.se.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyp.se.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcip.se.los/

Noun

κῠ́ψελος • (kŭ́pselos) m (genitive κῠψέλου); second declension

1. swift (Apus apus)

   Synonym: ἄπους (ápous)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῠ́ψελος; τοῦ κῠψέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῠ́ψελος ho kŭ́pselos	τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kŭpsélō	οἱ κῠ́ψελοι hoi kŭ́pseloi
Genitive	τοῦ κῠψέλου toû kŭpsélou	τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kŭpséloin	τῶν κῠψέλων tôn kŭpsélōn
Dative	τῷ κῠψέλῳ tôi kŭpsélōi	τοῖν κῠψέλοιν toîn kŭpséloin	τοῖς κῠψέλοις toîs kŭpsélois
Accusative	τὸν κῠ́ψελον tòn kŭ́pselon	τὼ κῠψέλω tṑ kŭpsélō	τοὺς κῠψέλους toùs kŭpsélous
Vocative	κῠ́ψελε kŭ́psele	κῠψέλω kŭpsélō	κῠ́ψελοι kŭ́pseloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κύψελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κύψελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κυψέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 811