According to Lewy, from Aramaic כַּרְבָּלְתָּא (karbaltā, “headgear, a type of head covering; cock's comb, crest”), while Rabin points to it's ancestor Akkadian 𒌆𒋼𒀀𒁀𒀠𒆷𒋫 (TUG kar-ba-al-la-ta /karballatu/, “hat, cowl, pointed cap, linen helm”), generally taken as a foreign term associated with Cimmerians. Lagard thinks that the first syllable could be related to Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras, “head”). Furnée points to Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix, while Prellwitz connects the word with κόρυμβος (kórumbos, “peak, summit”) and Meister with κόρθυς (kórthus, “heap”), κόρθιλος (kórthilos, “wren”), κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”) and κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head”).
κρωβύλος • (krōbúlos) m (genitive κρωβύλου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κρωβῠ́λος ho krōbŭ́los |
τὼ κρωβῠ́λω tṑ krōbŭ́lō |
οἱ κρωβῠ́λοι hoi krōbŭ́loi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κρωβῠ́λου toû krōbŭ́lou |
τοῖν κρωβῠ́λοιν toîn krōbŭ́loin |
τῶν κρωβῠ́λων tôn krōbŭ́lōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κρωβῠ́λῳ tôi krōbŭ́lōi |
τοῖν κρωβῠ́λοιν toîn krōbŭ́loin |
τοῖς κρωβῠ́λοις toîs krōbŭ́lois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κρωβῠ́λον tòn krōbŭ́lon |
τὼ κρωβῠ́λω tṑ krōbŭ́lō |
τοὺς κρωβῠ́λους toùs krōbŭ́lous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρωβῠ́λε krōbŭ́le |
κρωβῠ́λω krōbŭ́lō |
κρωβῠ́λοι krōbŭ́loi | ||||||||||
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