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σιβύνη

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: σῐβῠ́νη Medium diacritics: σιβύνη Low diacritics: σιβύνη Capitals: ΣΙΒΥΝΗ
Transliteration A: sibýnē Transliteration B: sibynē Transliteration C: sivyni Beta Code: sibu/nh

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ἡ, and σιβύνης [ῠ], ου, ὁ, Alex.131 (fem.), AP7.421 (Mel.), 6.93 (Antip., masc.):—hunting spear, and generally, spear, pike, Lat. sibina, D.S.18.27, 20.33:—also written ζιβύνη (q.v.), συβίνη, PCair.Zen.362.34 (iii B.C.), cf. συβίνης, συμβίνης (post συβήνηκαπροβόλον, ἐμβόλιον, Hsch., but σιγύνης [ῡ] is prob. not related. (Illyrian acc. to Fest.p.453 L., citing Ennius.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 877] ἡ, = σιγύνη; Alexis bei Poll. 10, 144; Ath. XII, 537 e; Mel. 128 (VII, 421); D. Sic. 20, 33. – Υ wird auch kurz gebraucht.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
c. σιγύνης.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt, malgré la finale -ύνη qui se retrouve dans d'autres noms d'instruments.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σῐβύνη: (ῡ) ἡ охотничье копье, рогатина Diod., Anth.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σῐβύνη: ἡ, καὶ σῐβύνης [ῡ], ου, ὁ, Ἄλεξ. ἐν «Λευκαδίᾳ» 3, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 421, αὐτόθι 6. 93· ― θηρευτικὴ λόγχη, καὶ καθόλου, λόγχη, δόρυ, Διόδ. 18. 27., 20. 33· ― ὑποκορ. σιβύνιον, τό, Πολύβ. 6. 23, 9, Ἡσύχ. Πρβλ. ζιβύνη, σιγύνης, συβήνη.

Greek Monolingual

και συβίνη και συβήνη, ἡ, και σιβύνης, ὁ, Α
1. θηρευτική λόγχη
2. (κατ' επέκτ.) κάθε είδους λόγχη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. έχει σχηματιστεί με επίθημα -ύνη τών λ. που φανερώνουν όργανο (πρβλ. κορύνη, τορύνη). Πρόκειται πιθ. για δάνεια λ., γεγονός που επιβεβαιώνεται και από το αντίστοιχο λατ. sibyna / sybina, που θεωρήθηκε ιλλυρικό δάνειο. Κατά τον Ηρόδοτο, η λ. σιβύνη είναι κυπριακός τ., ενώ, κατ' άλλους, ανάγεται σε θρακοφρυγική ρίζα και συνδέεται με τα: περσ. zōpīn (πρβλ. ζιβύνη), αρμεν. sәvīn, συρ. swbyn με σημ. «λόγχη»].

Greek Monotonic

σῐβύνη: ἡ και σῐβύνης[ῠ], -ου, ὁ, κυνηγετικό δόρυ, δόρυ, αιχμή του δόρατος, σε Ανθ.· υποκορ. σιβύνιον, τό, σε Πολύβ.

Middle Liddell

σῐβύνη, ἡ,
a hunting spear, a spear, pike, Anth.

Frisk Etymology German

σιβύνη: {sibŭ́nē}
Forms: -ης m. (Alex., D.S., AP), mit Metathese συβίνη (Pap. IIIa), auch ζιβύνη (LXX, Ph. Bel.)
Grammar: f.,
Meaning: Jagdspieß, Wurfspieß.
Derivative: Demin. σιβύνιον n. (Plb., ζι- H.).
Etymology: Bildung wie κορύνη, τορύνη u. andere Gerätenamen; mask. -ύνης wie ἀκινάκης. Nach Fest. 453 illyrisch. Urspr. thrak.-phryg.?; vgl. pers. zōpīn, arm. səvīn, syr. swbyn Spieß. Lat. LW sibyna (sub-, syb-; seit Enn.); W.-Hofmann s.v. m. Lit. —Vgl. σιγύν(ν)ης.
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Translations

spear

Abkhaz: аԥса; Adyghe: пчы, пщы; Afrikaans: spies; Albanian: shtizë; Arabic: رُمْح‎, حَرْبَة‎; North Levantine Arabic: رمح‎; Egyptian Arabic: خشت‎; Tunisian Arabic: دبور‎; Moroccan Arabic: حربة‎; Armenian: նիզակ; Asturian: llanza; Avar: хеч; Azerbaijani: nizə, mizraq, cida; Basque: lantza; Belarusian: дзі́да, пі́ка; Bengali: বর্শা; Bulgarian: кóпиe; Burmese: လှံ; Catalan: llança; Cebuano: bangkaw; Chechen: гоьмукъ; Chichewa: mkondo; Chinese Mandarin: 矛; Chukchi: пойгын; Cornish: guw; Czech: kopí; Danish: spyd; Dupaningan Agta: pisga; Dutch: speer, spies, lans, geer; Esperanto: lanco; Estonian: oda; Evenki: гида; Faroese: spjót; Finnish: keihäs; French: lance; Middle French: dart; Old French: dart; Friulian: lance; Galician: lanza, falarica, aste; Georgian: შუბი, ჰოროლი, ლახვარი; German: Speer; Greek: δόρυ, λόγχη; Ancient Greek: ἔγχος, δόρυ, αἰχμή, ἀρίγων, ἐγχείη, κοντάριον, λόγχη, μελία, ξυστόν, σιβύνη, σιγύνης, χαλκός; Hausa: mashi; Hawaiian: ʻō; Hebrew: חֲנִית‎; Higaonon: bangkaw; Hindi: भाला, शूल, नेजा, बरछा, सूरी; Hungarian: dárda, lándzsa; Icelandic: spjót; Ido: lanco; Indonesian: tombak; Ingush: гебагӏа; Irish: ga, sleá; Old Irish: gae; Italian: lancia, asta, alabarda, picca; Japanese: 槍, 鑓; Kabardian: бжы; Kalmyk: җид; Kazakh: найза, сүңгі; Ket: усь; Khmer: លំពែង; Kikuyu: itimũ Korean: 창; Koryak: пойгын; Kriol: barragarl, burdagul; Kurdish Central Kurdish: ڕم‎; Northern Kurdish: rim; Kyrgyz: найза; Lakota: wahúkheza; Lao: ຫອກ; Latgalian: škāps, dzyds; Latin: hasta, lancea; Latvian: šķēps; Lithuanian: ietis; Macedonian: копје; Malay: lembing; Maltese: lanza; Manchu: ᡤᡳᡩᠠ; Maori: kōpeo; Middle English: spere; Mongolian: жад; Nanai: гида, сугбэ; Navajo: tsiiʼdétáán, tsin anáhálghą́hí; Ngarrindjeri: kykie; Ngazidja Comorian: fumu; Nivkh: ӄʼаӽ; Northern Altai: копьё, чыда; Northern Yukaghir: йуолдэвчэ; Norwegian Bokmål: spyd; Nynorsk: spyd, spjut; Occitan: lança; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: копиѥ; Old English: spere; Oneida: yeya'akta̲; Oromo: eeboo; Ossetian: арц; Persian: نیزه‎, ژوبین‎; Pitjantjatjara: kuḻaṯa; Plautdietsch: Spiess; Polish: dzida, włócznia, oszczep, kopia; Portuguese: lança; Rapa Nui: pātia; Romanian: lance, suliță; Russian: копьё, пика, дротик; Sanskrit: शक्ति, शल्य; Sardinian: lantza, lancia; Saterland Frisian: Speer; Scottish Gaelic: sleagh, brod, gath; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: копље; Roman: koplje; Sicilian: lanza; Sidamo: urde; Sinhalese: හෙල්ල; Slovak: kopija, oštep; Slovene: kopje; Somali: waran; Southern Altai: найза, јыда; Southern Ohlone: hipor; Spanish: lanza, venablo; Sumerian: 𒀉𒁍𒁕; Swahili: mkuki; Swedish: spjut; Tajik: найза; Tatar: сөнге; Telugu: శూలం, బల్లెం; Thai: หอก; Tibetan: མདུང; Turkish: mızrak, kargı, cirit; Turkmen: naýza; Tuvan: узун чыда, копьё; Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎈; Ukrainian: спис, пі́ка; Urdu: نیزہ‎; Uzbek: nayza; Venetian: lansa; Vietnamese: thương, giáo; Vilamovian: pik; Walloon: lance, dår; Welsh: gwaywffon, gwayw; West Frisian: spear; Wutunhua: ddong; Yakut: үҥүү; Yiddish: שפּיז‎; Zulu: umkhonto; ǃXóõ: ǃōo a̰a