Κορύβας
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
Κορύβας
Κορύβαντος
Structure:
Κορυβαντ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- any individual among the Korybantes
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- παραπλῆγεσ δ̓ ἀμφὶ ῥόπτροισ κελαδοῦσι Κρητὶ ῥυθμῷ νόμον Κορύβαντεσ εὐάν. (Lucian, 7)
- ἀλλὰ σύ, ὦ τολμηρότατε, καὶ τὴν Ῥέαν αὐτὴν γραῦν ἤδη καὶ μητέρα τοσούτων θεῶν οὖσαν ἀνέπεισασ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ Φρύγιον μειράκιον ποθεῖν, καὶ νῦν ἐκείνη μέμηνεν ὑπὸ σοῦ καὶ ζευξαμένη τοὺσ λέοντασ, παραλαβοῦσα καὶ τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ ἅτε μανικοὺσ καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὴν Ἴδην περιπολοῦσιν, ἡ μὲν ὀλολύζουσα ἐπὶ τῷ Ἄττῃ, οἱ Κορύβαντεσ δὲ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν τέμνεται ξίφει τὸν πῆχυν, ὁ δὲ ἀνεὶσ τὴν κόμην ἱέται μεμηνὼσ διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν, ὁ δὲ αὐλεῖ τῷ κέρατι, ὁ δὲ ἐπιβομβεῖ τῷ τυμπάνῳ ἢ ἐπικτυπεῖ τῷ κυμβάλῳ, καὶ ὅλωσ θόρυβοσ καὶ μανία τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ ἅπαντά ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:4)
- ὦ θαλάμευμα Κουρή‐ των ζάθεοί τε Κρήτασ Διογενέτορεσ ἔναυλοι, ἔνθα τρικόρυθεσ ἄντροισ βυρσότονον κύκλωμα τόδε μοι Κορύβαντεσ ηὑρ͂ον· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 21)
- ὦ Ἡράκλεισ ὦ Πᾶνεσ ὦ Κορύβαντεσ ὦ Διοσκόρω, τοῦτ’ αὖ πολὺ τούτου τὸ κακὸν ἐξωλέστερον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 3:20)
- νῦν μὲν γὰρ δὴ κἀν ταῖσι χύτραισ κἀν τοῖσ λαχάνοισιν ὁμοίωσ περιέρχονται κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ξὺν ὅπλοισ ὥσπερ Κορύβαντεσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antepirrheme5)
Synonyms
-
any individual among the Korybantes
- Ἄρβερνος (Any individual among the Arverni)
- Βέλγης (Any individual among the Belgae)
- Βισάλτης (Any individual among the Bisaltae)
- Βρέττιος (Any individual among the Bruttii)
- Δόλοψ (any individual among the Dolopes)
- Χάλυψ (Any individual among the Chalybes)
- Βίστων (Any individual among the Bistones of Bithynia; a Biston)
- Ἀριμασπός (Any individual among the Arimaspi; an Arimaspian)
- Κίμβρος (Any individual among the Cimbri; a Cimbrian)
