The element -β- is reminiscent of words like στραβός (strabós), κλαμβός (klambós) and other words related to corporeal defects. A convincing etymology has not been found. Petersson compares Lithuanian subine (“hindmost, back, bottom”). According to Beekes, the word may well be Pre-Greek.
ῡ̔βός • (hūbós) m (feminine ῡ̔βή, neuter ῡ̔βόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ῡ̔βός hūbós |
ῡ̔βή hūbḗ |
ῡ̔βόν hūbón |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́ |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βοί hūboí |
ῡ̔βαί hūbaí |
ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá | |||||
Genitive | ῡ̔βοῦ hūboû |
ῡ̔βῆς hūbês |
ῡ̔βοῦ hūboû |
ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn |
ῡ̔βαῖν hūbaîn |
ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn |
ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn |
ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn |
ῡ̔βῶν hūbôn | |||||
Dative | ῡ̔βῷ hūbôi |
ῡ̔βῇ hūbêi |
ῡ̔βῷ hūbôi |
ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn |
ῡ̔βαῖν hūbaîn |
ῡ̔βοῖν hūboîn |
ῡ̔βοῖς hūboîs |
ῡ̔βαῖς hūbaîs |
ῡ̔βοῖς hūboîs | |||||
Accusative | ῡ̔βόν hūbón |
ῡ̔βήν hūbḗn |
ῡ̔βόν hūbón |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́ |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βούς hūboús |
ῡ̔βᾱ́ς hūbā́s |
ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá | |||||
Vocative | ῡ̔βέ hūbé |
ῡ̔βή hūbḗ |
ῡ̔βόν hūbón |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βᾱ́ hūbā́ |
ῡ̔βώ hūbṓ |
ῡ̔βοί hūboí |
ῡ̔βαί hūbaí |
ῡ̔βᾰ́ hūbá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ῡ̔βῶς hūbôs |
ῡ̔βότερος hūbóteros |
ῡ̔βότᾰτος hūbótatos | ||||||||||||
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