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.
- ποιεῖτον δὲ ταὐτὸν ὅπερ οἱ ἐν τῇ τελετῇ τῶν Κορυβάντων, ὅταν τὴν θρόνωσιν ποιῶσιν περὶ τοῦτον ὃν ἂν μέλλωσι τελεῖν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 70:5)
- οὐ γὰρ ἐκ Μουσῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ Κορυβάντων τινῶν κατέχεσθε, καὶ πιστὰ ποιεῖτε τὰ τῶν ποιητῶν μυθολογήματα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 77:3)
- τεκμαίρεσθαι δὲ χρὴ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶνδε, ὡσ ἐξ ἐμπειρίασ αὐτὸ εἰλήφασι καὶ ἐγνώκασιν ὂν χρήσιμον αἵ τε τροφοὶ τῶν σμικρῶν καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ τῶν Κορυβάντων ἰάματα τελοῦσαι· (Plato, Laws, book 7 16:2)
- Ἐποίησε δὲ Κουρήτων καὶ Κορυβάντων γένεσιν καὶ Θεογονίαν, ἔπη πεντακισχίλια, Ἀργοῦσ ναυπηγίαν τε καὶ Ιἄσονοσ εἰσ Κόλχουσ ἀπόπλουν ἔπη ἑξακισχίλια πεντακόσια. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. i'. EPIMENIDHS 3:7)
- τοὺσ δὲ Ἑρμοῦ τε καὶ Μουσῶν χορευτὰσ, περὶ οὓσ τὰ τῶν πτερωτῶν λόγων κάλλη τε καὶ τολμήματα Ζεὺσ ὁ θεῶν βασιλεὺσ ἔταξεν εἶναι, πότερα εἰσ γῆν κάτω βλέποντασ ὥσπερ τοὺσ Ἐρεμβοὺσ οὕτωσ ἀξιώσεισ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὰ σφέτερ’ αὐτῶν ἔργα, μηδὲν τῶν κανθηλίων διαφέροντασ, μέσουσ ἐγρηγορότων καὶ καθευδόντων, ἢ μηδὲν ἀμβλυτέρουσ ὄντασ φαίνεσθαι τῶν ἐκ Κορυβάντων ἤ τινοσ ἄλλου δαίμονοσ θερμοῦ κατεχομένων, ἀλλ’ ἅμα τῷ μέλει κινεῖσθαι τὰ γιγνόμενα; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 26:12)
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)