κύμβη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hollow of a vessel: drinking-cup, bowl</b>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>164</span>, <span class="bibl">389</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>948</span>, Philem.Gloss. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.483a</span>; = [[ὀξύβαφον]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[boat]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>127</span>; Phoenician acc. to <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>7.208</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[knapsack]], [[wallet]], Hsch. (Cf. <b class="b3">κύμβος</b>.)</span><br /><span class="bld">κύμβη</span> (B), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[κύβη]], [[head]], EM545.27: hence, a kind of [[bird]], perh. [[tumbler]]-pigeon (cf. [[κύμβαχος]]), πτεροβάμονες κύμβαι <span class="bibl">Emp.20.7</span>.</span>

|etymtx=1<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[cup]], [[bowl]] (Nic., Ath.), [[boat]] (S. Fr. 127);<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">κόμβος</b> = <b class="b3">τὸ ἔκπωμα</b> H. (does it belong here?)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κύμβος</b> m. (n.) [[hollow vessel]] (Nic., H.); <b class="b3">κυμβίον</b> (<b class="b3">-εῖ-</b>) n. [[small cup]] (Att., hell.), [[small boat]] (H., Suid.). Also <b class="b3">κύμβαλον</b> n., usu. pl. <b class="b3">-α</b> [[cymbal]] (Pi., A., X.; cf. <b class="b3">κρόταλον</b>) with the dimin. <b class="b3">κυμβάλιον</b> (Hero) and the denom. <b class="b3">κυμβαλίζω</b> [[sound the cymbals]] (hell.); and <b class="b3">-ισμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ιστής</b>, <b class="b3">-ίστρια</b> (late).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Here prob. also <b class="b3">ἀν-εκυμβαλίαζον</b> (<b class="b3">δίφροι Π</b> 379) <b class="b2">they clashed as κύμβαλα together</b> (diff. Kuiper <b class="b3">Μνήμης χάριν</b> 1, 214 n. 11). By Curtius 158 connected with Skt. <b class="b2">kumbhá-</b>, Av. <b class="b2">xumba-</b> m. [[pot]]; thus (with Fick, Pedersen) Celt. vase-names as MIr. [[comm]], [[cummal]]; more in Bq, Pok. 592, W.-Hofmann s. [[cubō]]. Further Sayce ClRev. 42, 161. - Because of the sequence <b class="b2">*kumb(h)-</b> it cannot be an old IE word; rather a [[Wanderwort]] - From <b class="b3">κύμβη</b> Lat. [[cymba]], [[cumba]] [[ship]] (acc. to Plin. <b class="b3">ΗΝ</b> 7, 208 Phoenician). Fur. 284 compares <b class="b3">κύπη</b> <b class="b2">ship etc.</b> H. and considers the word as Pre-Greek; thus DELG (Frisk refers to the word but does no treat it).<br />See also: -- Vgl. <b class="b3">κύπη</b>.<br />2<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: only EM 545, 27, = <b class="b3">κύβη</b>, <b class="b3">κεφαλή</b>';<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κυμβητιάω</b> <b class="b2">fall head-foremost</b> (ibd.); cf. <b class="b3">κυβητίζω</b> etc. s. <b class="b3">κυβιστάω</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unclear; perhaps identical with 1. <b class="b3">κύμβη</b> [[cup]]; cf. Lat. [[testa]] > Fr. [[tête]] etc. - The pair <b class="b3">κύμβη</b> - <b class="b3">κύβη</b> shows a Pre-Greek word. Here belongs of course <b class="b3">κύμβαχος</b> <b class="b2"> head foremost</b>.<br />3.<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: name of an unknown bird (Emp. 20, 7 <b class="b3">πτεροβαμοσι κύμβαις</b>, H.); <b class="b3">κυμβατευταί ὀρνιθευταί</b> H.<br />Other forms: Cf. <b class="b3">κόμβα κορώνη</b>. <b class="b3">Πολυρρήνιοι</b> H.; <b class="b3">κύμβας ὄρνιθας</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Thompson Birds s. v. If <b class="b3">κόμβα</b> is a variant, the word is Pre-Greek.