Σύβαρις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sý.ba.ris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsy.ba.ris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.βa.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsy.va.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.va.ris/
Proper noun
Σῠ́βᾰρῐς • (Súbaris) f (genitive Σῠβᾰ́ρεως); third declension
- Sybaris, an ancient Achaean settlement in Magna Graecia
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς hē Súbaris | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρεως tês Subáreōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῠβᾰ́ρει têi Subárei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́βᾰρῐν tḕn Súbarin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́βᾰρῐ Súbari | ||||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς hē Súbaris | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδος tês Subáridos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδῐ têi Subáridi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῠβᾰ́ρῐδᾰ tḕn Subárida | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́βᾰρῐς Súbaris | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σῠβᾰ́ρειος (Subáreios)
- Σῠβᾰρῐ́ζω (Subarízō)
- Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Subarī́tēs)
- Σῠβᾰρῖτῐς (Subarîtis)
- Σῠβᾰρῑτῐκός (Subarītikós)
Proper noun
Σῠ́βᾰρῐς • (Súbaris) m (genitive Σῠβᾰ́ρεως); third declension
- Sybaris, the river flowing by the town of Sybaris
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σῠ́βᾰρῐς ho Súbaris | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σῠβᾰ́ρεως toû Subáreōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σῠβᾰ́ρει tôi Subárei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σῠ́βᾰρῐν tòn Súbarin | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́βᾰρῐ Súbari | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Σύβαρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
- Σύβαρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette