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cymba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, a boat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cymba f (genitive cymbae); first declension

  1. A boat, skiff, Pliny ascribes its invention to the Phoenicians; especially the small boat used by Charon to ferry the dead.
  2. A theme.
    non est ingenii cymba gravanda tuimeddle not with themes above your powers

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cymba cymbae
genitive cymbae cymbārum
dative cymbae cymbīs
accusative cymbam cymbās
ablative cymbā cymbīs
vocative cymba cymbae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: comba

References

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  • cymba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cymba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cymba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cymba”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cymba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin