κεράμβυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to κόλυμβος (kólumbos), κόρυμβος (kórumbos), σήραμβος (sḗrambos) and βόμβυξ (bómbux), ὄρτυξ (órtux). The form cannot be derived from κέρας (kéras, “horn”). If the word has prenasalization, which seemes probable, it is of Pre-Greek origin. Moreover, -υκ- is a typical Pre-Greek suffix. Furnée compares κάραβος (kárabos, “kind of beetle”), κεράμβηλον (kerámbēlon, “kind of beetle”) and κηραφίς (kēraphís, “kind of locust”), suggesting a common root.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.rám.byks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈram.byks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.byks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.byks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈram.biks/

Noun

κερᾰ́μβῠξ • (kerámbux) m (genitive κερᾰ́μβῠκος); third declension

longhorn beetle

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κερᾰ́μβῠξ; τοῦ κερᾰ́μβῠκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κερᾰ́μβῠξ ho kerámbux	τὼ κερᾰ́μβῠκε tṑ kerámbuke	οἱ κερᾰ́μβῠκες hoi kerámbukes
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰ́μβῠκος toû kerámbukos	τοῖν κερᾰμβῠ́κοιν toîn kerambúkoin	τῶν κερᾰμβῠ́κων tôn kerambúkōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰ́μβῠκῐ tôi kerámbuki	τοῖν κερᾰμβῠ́κοιν toîn kerambúkoin	τοῖς κερᾰ́μβῠξῐ / κερᾰ́μβῠξῐν toîs kerámbuxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κερᾰ́μβῠκᾰ tòn kerámbuka	τὼ κερᾰ́μβῠκε tṑ kerámbuke	τοὺς κερᾰ́μβῠκᾰς toùs kerámbukas
Vocative	κερᾰ́μβῠξ kerámbux	κερᾰ́μβῠκε kerámbuke	κερᾰ́μβῠκες kerámbukes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Cerambyx