The old comparisons with Lithuanian kabìnti (“to hang, hook on”), Proto-Slavic *skobà (“bracket”) and, within Greek, σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”) are quite dubious. The form κομποθηλεία (kompothēleía) clearly shows that there was a variant with -π-, which points to Pre-Greek origin.
κόμβος • (kómbos) m (genitive κόμβου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κόμβος ho kómbos |
τὼ κόμβω tṑ kómbō |
οἱ κόμβοι hoi kómboi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόμβου toû kómbou |
τοῖν κόμβοιν toîn kómboin |
τῶν κόμβων tôn kómbōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόμβῳ tôi kómbōi |
τοῖν κόμβοιν toîn kómboin |
τοῖς κόμβοις toîs kómbois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόμβον tòn kómbon |
τὼ κόμβω tṑ kómbō |
τοὺς κόμβους toùs kómbous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόμβε kómbe |
κόμβω kómbō |
κόμβοι kómboi | ||||||||||
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κόμβος • (kómvos) m (plural κόμβοι)