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κυρβασίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυρβασίᾱ κυρβασίας

Structure: κυρβασι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Persian bonnet or hat, with a peaked crown

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • ἑορτὴ δ’ αὐτῶν ἐστι περὶ τὰ Παναθήναια ἐν τῷ καλουμένῳ Μαρτίῳ μηνὶ δημοτελὴσ ἐπὶ πολλὰσ ἡμέρασ ἀγομένη, ἐν αἷσ διὰ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἄγουσι τοὺσ χοροὺσ εἴσ τε τὴν ἀγορὰν καὶ τὸ Καπιτώλιον καὶ πολλοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἰδίουσ τε καὶ δημοσίουσ τόπουσ, χιτῶνασ ποικίλουσ χαλκαῖσ μίτραισ κατεζωσμένοι καὶ τηβέννασ ἐμπεπορπημένοι περιπορφύρουσ φοινικοπαρύφουσ, ἃσ καλοῦσι τραβέασ ἑ̓́στι δ’ ἐπιχώριοσ αὕτη Ῥωμαίοισ ἐσθὴσ ἐν τοῖσ πάνυ τιμίἀ καὶ τὰσ καλουμένασ ἀπίκασ ἐπικείμενοι ταῖσ κεφαλαῖσ, πίλουσ ὑψηλοὺσ εἰσ σχῆμα συναγομένουσ κωνοειδέσ, ἃσ Ἕλληνεσ προσαγορεύουσι κυρβασίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 70 3:2)
  • ἀναξυρίδασ δὲ ἔχοντεσ ἔρχονται ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ καὶ κυρβασίασ ἐπὶ τῇσι κεφαλῇσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 49 4:4)
  • Σάκαι δὲ οἱ Σκύθαι περὶ μὲν τῇσι κεφαλῇσι κυρβασίασ ἐσ ὀξὺ ἀπηγμένασ ὀρθὰσ εἶχον πεπηγυίασ, ἀναξυρίδασ δὲ ἐνεδεδύκεσαν, τόξα δὲ ἐπιχώρια καὶ ἐγχειρίδια, πρὸσ δὲ καὶ ἀξίνασ σαγάρισ εἶχον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 64 3:1)

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