στρόμβος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the same Pre-Greek root of στρεβλός (streblós, “twisted, turned”), with a nasal infix.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στρόμβος • (strómbos) m (genitive στρόμβου); second declension

  1. any body rounded or spun round
  2. spinning top
    Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), στρόβιλος (stróbilos)
  3. whirlwind, vortex
    Synonym: στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
  4. trumpet shell, sea snail
    Synonym: κῆρυξ (kêrux)
  5. shell used as a trumpet, conch
  6. land snail
    Synonyms: κόχλος (kókhlos), σέσιλος (sésilos)
  7. spindle
    Synonyms: ἄτρακτος (átraktos), κλωστήρ (klōstḗr), νῆτρον (nêtron)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στρόμβος; τοῦ στρόμβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ στρόμβος
ho strómbos 		τὼ στρόμβω
tṑ strómbō 		οἱ στρόμβοι
hoi strómboi
Genitive τοῦ στρόμβου
toû strómbou 		τοῖν στρόμβοιν
toîn strómboin 		τῶν στρόμβων
tôn strómbōn
Dative τῷ στρόμβῳ
tôi strómbōi 		τοῖν στρόμβοιν
toîn strómboin 		τοῖς στρόμβοις
toîs strómbois
Accusative τὸν στρόμβον
tòn strómbon 		τὼ στρόμβω
tṑ strómbō 		τοὺς στρόμβους
toùs strómbous
Vocative στρόμβε
strómbe 		στρόμβω
strómbō 		στρόμβοι
strómboi
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: strombus
  • →⇒ Sicilian: strùmmula, strùmmulu
  • → Translingual: Strombus

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