κόμπος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic. Compare βόμβος (bómbos, “humming, buzzing”), κόναβος (kónabos, “din, clash”) and κόμβα (kómba, “shearwater”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kóm.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkom.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkom.bos/
Noun
κόμπος • (kómpos) m (genitive κόμπου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κόμπος ho kómpos |
τὼ κόμπω tṑ kómpō |
οἱ κόμποι hoi kómpoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κόμπου toû kómpou |
τοῖν κόμποιν toîn kómpoin |
τῶν κόμπων tôn kómpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κόμπῳ tôi kómpōi |
τοῖν κόμποιν toîn kómpoin |
τοῖς κόμποις toîs kómpois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κόμπον tòn kómpon |
τὼ κόμπω tṑ kómpō |
τοὺς κόμπους toùs kómpous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κόμπε kómpe |
κόμπω kómpō |
κόμποι kómpoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κομπάζω (kompázō)
- κομπασία (kompasía)
- κόμπασμα (kómpasma)
- κομπασμός (kompasmós)
- κομπαστής (kompastḗs)
- κομπαστικός (kompastikós)
- κομπέω (kompéō)
- κομπηγόρος (kompēgóros)
- κομπηρός (kompērós)
- κομπολακέω (kompolakéō)
- κομπολακύθης (kompolakúthēs)
- κομπολογία (kompología)
- κομπός (kompós)
- κομποφακελορρήμων (kompophakelorrhḗmōn)
- κομπόω (kompóō)
- κομπώδης (kompṓdēs)
- ὑπέρκομπος (hupérkompos)
Further reading
- “κόμπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόμπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κόμπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κόμπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κόμπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόμβος (kómbos).
Pronunciation
Noun
κόμπος • (kómpos) m (plural κόμποι)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with nautical speed: κόμβος m (kómvos, “knot”).
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κόμπος (kómpos) | κόμποι (kómpoi) |
| genitive | κόμπου (kómpou) | κόμπων (kómpon) |
| accusative | κόμπο (kómpo) | κόμπους (kómpous) |
| vocative | κόμπε (kómpe) | κόμποι (kómpoi) |
Related terms
- έφτασε ο κόμπος στο χτένι (éftase o kómpos sto chténi, “reached crucial point: of a problem, of patience, tolerance”)
- το δένω κόμπο (to déno kómpo, “I assume it is a sure thing”)
Further reading
κόμπος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
