ἰαμβύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”), with influence from σαμβύκη (sambúkē, “sambuca”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/ → /i.amˈby.ci/ → /i.amˈbi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.am.by̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.amˈby.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.amˈbi.ci/

Noun

ἰᾰμβῡ́κη • (iămbū́kē) f (genitive ἰᾰμβῡ́κης); first declension

1. kind of musical instrument, distinct from the σαμβύκη (sambúkē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη; τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἰᾰμβῡ́κη hē iămbū́kē	τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iămbū́kā	αἱ ἰᾰμβῦκαι hai iămbûkai
Genitive	τῆς ἰᾰμβῡ́κης tês iămbū́kēs	τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iămbū́kain	τῶν ἰᾰμβῡκῶν tôn iămbūkôn
Dative	τῇ ἰᾰμβῡ́κῃ têi iămbū́kēi	τοῖν ἰᾰμβῡ́καιν toîn iămbū́kain	ταῖς ἰᾰμβῡ́καις taîs iămbū́kais
Accusative	τὴν ἰᾰμβῡ́κην tḕn iămbū́kēn	τὼ ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ tṑ iămbū́kā	τᾱ̀ς ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱς tā̀s iămbū́kās
Vocative	ἰᾰμβῡ́κη iămbū́kē	ἰᾰμβῡ́κᾱ iămbū́kā	ἰᾰμβῦκαι iămbûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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