συβήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes gives no etymology. The formation is like σαγήνη (sagḗnē).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σῠβήνη • (subḗnē) f (genitive σῠβήνης); first declension

  1. A flute case

Inflection
First declension of ἡ σῠβήνη; τῆς σῠβήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῠβήνη
hē subḗnē		 τὼ σῠβήνᾱ
tṑ subḗnā		 αἱ σῠβῆναι
hai subênai
Genitive τῆς σῠβήνης
tês subḗnēs		 τοῖν σῠβήναιν
toîn subḗnain		 τῶν σῠβηνῶν
tôn subēnôn
Dative τῇ σῠβήνῃ
têi subḗnēi		 τοῖν σῠβήναιν
toîn subḗnain		 ταῖς σῠβήναις
taîs subḗnais
Accusative τὴν σῠβήνην
tḕn subḗnēn		 τὼ σῠβήνᾱ
tṑ subḗnā		 τᾱ̀ς σῠβήνᾱς
tā̀s subḗnās
Vocative σῠβήνη
subḗnē		 σῠβήνᾱ
subḗnā		 σῠβῆναι
subênai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “συβήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 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
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