σιβύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζιβύνη (zibúnē), συβίνη (subínē)

Etymology

Of foreign origin. Thought to be from Illyrian *sibina, comparable to Proto-Albanian *tsupina (modern thupër). Also compare Old Armenian սուին (suin, “spear”), Persian زوبین (zubin, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /si.bý.nɛː/ → /siˈβy.ni/ → /siˈvi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /si.bý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /siˈby.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈβy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈvy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈvi.ni/

Noun

σῐβῠ́νη • (sibúnē) f (genitive σῐβῠ́νης); first declension

1. hunting spear, pike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῐβῠ́νη; τῆς σῐβῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σῐβῠ́νη hē sibúnē	τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ tṑ sibúnā	αἱ σῐβῠ́ναι hai sibúnai
Genitive	τῆς σῐβῠ́νης tês sibúnēs	τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν toîn sibúnain	τῶν σῐβῠνῶν tôn sibunôn
Dative	τῇ σῐβῠ́νῃ têi sibúnēi	τοῖν σῐβῠ́ναιν toîn sibúnain	ταῖς σῐβῠ́ναις taîs sibúnais
Accusative	τὴν σῐβῠ́νην tḕn sibúnēn	τὼ σῐβῠ́νᾱ tṑ sibúnā	τᾱ̀ς σῐβῠ́νᾱς tā̀s sibúnās
Vocative	σῐβῠ́νη sibúnē	σῐβῠ́νᾱ sibúnā	σῐβῠ́ναι sibúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σιβύνιον (sibúnion)

Further reading

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