Κύμη

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Ancient Greek

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kymi

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cyme (Aeolis)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cumae

Etymology

Perhaps from κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky̌ː.mɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.me̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.mi/

Proper noun

Κῡ́μη • (Kū́mē) f (genitive Κῡ́μης); first declension

Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Euboea; Kymi, Euboea, Greece
Cyme, an ancient Greek city in Aeolis
Cumae, an ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia; Cuma, Campania, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῡ́μη; τῆς Κῡ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῡ́μη hē Kū́mē
Genitive	τῆς Κῡ́μης tês Kū́mēs
Dative	τῇ Κῡ́μῃ têi Kū́mēi
Accusative	τὴν Κῡ́μην tḕn Kū́mēn
Vocative	Κῡ́μη Kū́mē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κῡμαῖος (Kūmaîos)

Descendants

Greek: Κύμη (Kými)
Italian: Cuma
Latin: Cūmae; Cȳmē
→ Translingual: Cuma (learned)

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

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