κύβερτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כוורתא / כורתא / ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārtā, “basket; beehive”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κύβερτον • (kúberton) n (genitive κυβέρτου); second declension

  1. beehive, hive
    Synonyms: κύψελον (kúpselon), κυψέλη (kupsélē)

Declension
Second declension of τὸ κύβερτον; τοῦ κυβέρτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κύβερτον
tò kúberton		 τὼ κυβέρτω
tṑ kubértō		 τᾰ̀ κύβερτᾰ
tà kúberta
Genitive τοῦ κυβέρτου
toû kubértou		 τοῖν κυβέρτοιν
toîn kubértoin		 τῶν κυβέρτων
tôn kubértōn
Dative τῷ κυβέρτῳ
tôi kubértōi		 τοῖν κυβέρτοιν
toîn kubértoin		 τοῖς κυβέρτοις
toîs kubértois
Accusative τὸ κύβερτον
tò kúberton		 τὼ κυβέρτω
tṑ kubértō		 τᾰ̀ κύβερτᾰ
tà kúberta
Vocative κύβερτον
kúberton		 κυβέρτω
kubértō		 κύβερτᾰ
kúberta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: κυβέρτιον n (kubértion), κυβέρτιν n (kubértin)
    • Greek: κυβέρτι n (kyvérti) (dialectal)

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