Κυβέλη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Κῠβήβη (Kubḗbē)
Etymology
From Κῠ́βελον (Kúbelon), Κῠ́βελᾰ (Kúbela), from Phrygian or Lydian (see Cybele at Wikipedia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.bé.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈbe.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈβe.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈve.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈve.li/
Proper noun
Κῠβέλη • (Kubélē) f (genitive Κῠβέλης); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- Κῠβεληγενής (Kubelēgenḗs)
- Κῠβεληΐς (Kubelēḯs)
- κῠ́βηβος (kúbēbos)
Related terms
- Κῠβηλῐ́ς (Kubēlís)
Descendants
References
- “Κυβέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κυβέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007