καμπύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend, curve”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kam.pý.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kamˈpy.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kamˈpy.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kamˈpy.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kamˈbi.los/

Adjective

κᾰμπῠ́λος • (kămpŭ́los) m (feminine κᾰμπῠ́λη, neuter κᾰμπῠ́λον); first/second declension

bent, curved

Inflection

First and second declension of κᾰμπῠ́λος; κᾰμπῠ́λη; κᾰμπῠ́λον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κᾰμπῠ́λος kămpŭ́los	κᾰμπῠ́λη kămpŭ́lē	κᾰμπῠ́λον kămpŭ́lon	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λᾱ kămpŭ́lā	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λοι kămpŭ́loi	κᾰμπῠ́λαι kămpŭ́lai	κᾰμπῠ́λᾰ kămpŭ́lă
Genitive	κᾰμπῠ́λου kămpŭ́lou	κᾰμπῠ́λης kămpŭ́lēs	κᾰμπῠ́λου kămpŭ́lou	κᾰμπῠ́λοιν kămpŭ́loin	κᾰμπῠ́λαιν kămpŭ́lain	κᾰμπῠ́λοιν kămpŭ́loin	κᾰμπῠ́λων kămpŭ́lōn	κᾰμπῠ́λων kămpŭ́lōn	κᾰμπῠ́λων kămpŭ́lōn
Dative	κᾰμπῠ́λῳ kămpŭ́lōi	κᾰμπῠ́λῃ kămpŭ́lēi	κᾰμπῠ́λῳ kămpŭ́lōi	κᾰμπῠ́λοιν kămpŭ́loin	κᾰμπῠ́λαιν kămpŭ́lain	κᾰμπῠ́λοιν kămpŭ́loin	κᾰμπῠ́λοις kămpŭ́lois	κᾰμπῠ́λαις kămpŭ́lais	κᾰμπῠ́λοις kămpŭ́lois
Accusative	κᾰμπῠ́λον kămpŭ́lon	κᾰμπῠ́λην kămpŭ́lēn	κᾰμπῠ́λον kămpŭ́lon	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λᾱ kămpŭ́lā	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λους kămpŭ́lous	κᾰμπῠ́λᾱς kămpŭ́lās	κᾰμπῠ́λᾰ kămpŭ́lă
Vocative	κᾰμπῠ́λε kămpŭ́le	κᾰμπῠ́λη kămpŭ́lē	κᾰμπῠ́λον kămpŭ́lon	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λᾱ kămpŭ́lā	κᾰμπῠ́λω kămpŭ́lō	κᾰμπῠ́λοι kămpŭ́loi	κᾰμπῠ́λαι kămpŭ́lai	κᾰμπῠ́λᾰ kămpŭ́lă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κᾰμπῠ́λως kămpŭ́lōs			κᾰμπῠλώτερος kămpŭlṓteros			κᾰμπῠλώτᾰτος kămpŭlṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καμπύλλω (kampúllō)
καμπυλοειδής (kampuloeidḗs)
καμπυλόεις (kampulóeis)
καμπυλόομαι (kampulóomai)
καμπυλόπρυμνος (kampulóprumnos)
καμπυλόρριν (kampulórrhin)
καμπυλοσαλπιστής (kampulosalpistḗs)
καμπυλότης (kampulótēs)
καμπύλοχος (kampúlokhos)

Descendants

→ Greek: καμπύλος (kampýlos) (learned)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قنبور (kanbur, kambur)
- Turkish: kambur
- → Greek: καμπούρα (kampoúra)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμπτω (> DER > Adjectives: 5. καμπύλος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 632-3

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καμπύλος (kampúlos). Doublet of καμπούρα (kampoúra).

Adjective

καμπύλος • (kampýlos) m (feminine καμπύλη, neuter καμπύλο)

bent; curved

Declension

Declension of καμπύλος
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καμπύλος (kampýlos)	καμπύλη (kampýli)	καμπύλο (kampýlo)	καμπύλοι (kampýloi)	καμπύλες (kampýles)	καμπύλα (kampýla)
genitive	καμπύλου (kampýlou)	καμπύλης (kampýlis)	καμπύλου (kampýlou)	καμπύλων (kampýlon)	καμπύλων (kampýlon)	καμπύλων (kampýlon)
accusative	καμπύλο (kampýlo)	καμπύλη (kampýli)	καμπύλο (kampýlo)	καμπύλους (kampýlous)	καμπύλες (kampýles)	καμπύλα (kampýla)
vocative	καμπύλε (kampýle)	καμπύλη (kampýli)	καμπύλο (kampýlo)	καμπύλοι (kampýloi)	καμπύλες (kampýles)	καμπύλα (kampýla)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο καμπύλος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καμπύλος, etc.)

References

καμπύλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμπτω (> DER > Adjectives: 5. καμπύλος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 632-3

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καμπύλος

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