κυψέλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κῠψάλη (kupsálē)

Etymology

Not related to κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”), nor derived from κύπτω (kúptō, “to bend, stoop”). According to Beekes, clearly a Pre-Greek word, given the variant.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kyp.sé.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kypˈse.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cypˈse.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cypˈse.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cipˈse.li/

Noun

κῠψέλη • (kupsélē) f (genitive κῠψέλης); first declension

chest, box, any hollow vessel
beehive, hive
Synonym: σίμβλος (símblos)
(anatomy) hollow of the ear

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κῠψέλη; τῆς κῠψέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠψέλη hē kupsélē	τὼ κῠψέλᾱ tṑ kupsélā	αἱ κῠψέλαι hai kupsélai
Genitive	τῆς κῠψέλης tês kupsélēs	τοῖν κῠψέλαιν toîn kupsélain	τῶν κῠψελῶν tôn kupselôn
Dative	τῇ κῠψέλῃ têi kupsélēi	τοῖν κῠψέλαιν toîn kupsélain	ταῖς κῠψέλαις taîs kupsélais
Accusative	τὴν κῠψέλην tḕn kupsélēn	τὼ κῠψέλᾱ tṑ kupsélā	τᾱ̀ς κῠψέλᾱς tā̀s kupsélās
Vocative	κῠψέλη kupsélē	κῠψέλᾱ kupsélā	κῠψέλαι kupsélai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κῠψέλῐον (kupsélion)
κῠψελῐ́ς (kupselís)
κῠψελόβῠστος (kupselóbustos)
Κύψελος (Kúpselos)

Descendants

Greek: κυψέλη (kypséli)

Greek

Noun

κυψέλη • (kypséli) f (plural κυψέλες)

beehive, hive

Declension

Declension of κυψέλη

	singular	plural
nominative	κυψέλη •	κυψέλες •
genitive	κυψέλης •	κυψελών •
accusative	κυψέλη •	κυψέλες •
vocative	κυψέλη •	κυψέλες •

Synonyms

μελίσσι n (melíssi, “beehive, bee colony”)

κυψέλη

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Inflection

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