κύμβη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=1<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[cup]], [[bowl]] (Nic., Ath.), [[boat]] (S. Fr. 127);<br />Other forms: also [[κόμβος]] = <b class="b3">τὸ ἔκπωμα</b> H. (does it belong here?)<br />Derivatives: [[κύμβος]] m. (n.) [[hollow vessel]] (Nic., H.); [[κυμβίον]] (<b class="b3">-εῖ-</b>) n. [[small cup]] (Att., hell.), [[small boat]] (H., Suid.). Also [[κύμβαλον]] n., usually pl. <b class="b3">-α</b> [[cymbal]] (Pi., A., X.; cf. [[κρόταλον]]) with the dimin. [[κυμβάλιον]] (Hero) and the denom. [[κυμβαλίζω]] [[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) [[they clashed as κύμβαλα together]] (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 [[κύμβη]] Lat. [[cymba]], [[cumba]] [[ship]] (acc. to Plin. [[ΗΝ]] 7, 208 Phoenician). Fur. 284 compares [[κύπη]] <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. [[κύπη]].<br />2<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: only EM 545, 27, = [[κύβη]], [[κεφαλή]]';<br />Derivatives: [[κυμβητιάω]] <b class="b2">fall head-foremost</b> (ibd.); cf. [[κυβητίζω]] etc. s. [[κυβιστάω]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unclear; perhaps identical with 1. [[κύμβη]] [[cup]]; cf. Lat. [[testa]] > Fr. [[tête]] etc. - The pair [[κύμβη]] - [[κύβη]] shows a Pre-Greek word. Here belongs of course [[κύμβαχος]] [[ head foremost]].<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>. [[Πολυρρήνιοι]] 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 [[κόμβα]] is a variant, the word is Pre-Greek.