ἴθυμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ἴαμβος (íambos), θρίαμβος (thríambos) and διθύραμβος (dithúrambos), and like these probably a loanword from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.tʰym.bos/ → /ˈi.θym.bos/ → /ˈi.θim.bos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.tʰym.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tʰym.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θym.bos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θym.bos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θim.bos/

Noun

ἴθῠμβος • (íthŭmbos) m (genitive ἰθῠ́μβου); second declension

1. kind of Bacchic dance and song

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἴθῠμβος; τοῦ ἰθῠ́μβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴθῠμβος ho íthŭmbos	τὼ ἰθῠ́μβω tṑ ithŭ́mbō	οἱ ἴθῠμβοι hoi íthŭmboi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰθῠ́μβου toû ithŭ́mbou	τοῖν ἰθῠ́μβοιν toîn ithŭ́mboin	τῶν ἰθῠ́μβων tôn ithŭ́mbōn
Dative	τῷ ἰθῠ́μβῳ tôi ithŭ́mbōi	τοῖν ἰθῠ́μβοιν toîn ithŭ́mboin	τοῖς ἰθῠ́μβοις toîs ithŭ́mbois
Accusative	τὸν ἴθῠμβον tòn íthŭmbon	τὼ ἰθῠ́μβω tṑ ithŭ́mbō	τοὺς ἰθῠ́μβους toùs ithŭ́mbous
Vocative	ἴθῠμβε íthŭmbe	ἰθῠ́μβω ithŭ́mbō	ἴθῠμβοι íthŭmboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴθυμβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἴθυμβος 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