κοσύμβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοσσῠ́μβη (kossúmbē)

Etymology

Lewy compares Akkadian 𒆪𒍦𒁍 (ku-zip-pu /⁠kuzippu, guzippu⁠/, “cloak”), Arabic كُرْسُف (kursuf, “cotton”). Pre-Greek origin is likely, given the prenasalization and similar words like κόσυμβος (kósumbos, “hairnet”), κότθυβος (kótthubos, “piece of military equipment”) and κοσυβάτας (kosubátas, “sacrificer”). This does not exclude that the word is found in Semitic too, since it may be an old Kulturwort.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.sým.bɛː/ → /koˈsym.bi/ → /koˈsim.bi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.sým.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.bi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈsym.bi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈsim.bi/

Noun

κοσῠ́μβη • (kosúmbē) f (genitive κοσῠ́μβης); first declension

1. topknot

   Synonym: κρωβῠ́λος (krōbúlos)

2. shepherd's coat

   Synonym: ἐγκόμβωμᾰ (enkómbōma)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κοσῠ́μβη; τῆς κοσῠ́μβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοσῠ́μβη hē kosúmbē	τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosúmbā	αἱ κοσῠ́μβαι hai kosúmbai
Genitive	τῆς κοσῠ́μβης tês kosúmbēs	τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosúmbain	τῶν κοσῠμβῶν tôn kosumbôn
Dative	τῇ κοσῠ́μβῃ têi kosúmbēi	τοῖν κοσῠ́μβαιν toîn kosúmbain	ταῖς κοσῠ́μβαις taîs kosúmbais
Accusative	τὴν κοσῠ́μβην tḕn kosúmbēn	τὼ κοσῠ́μβᾱ tṑ kosúmbā	τᾱ̀ς κοσῠ́μβᾱς tā̀s kosúmbās
Vocative	κοσῠ́μβη kosúmbē	κοσῠ́μβᾱ kosúmbā	κοσῠ́μβαι kosúmbai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κοσύμβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοσύμβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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