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Κυμαῖος · Kymaian, Cymaean, Cumaean (κ 2685) · Suda

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κ2681head-first, headlong, head-over-heels
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κ2685Kymaian, Cymaean, Cumaean
κ2686kumindis, kymindis
κ2687cumin, cummin
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Κυμαῖος

Kymaian, Cymaean, Cumaean

Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
geography

1 note · 18 words

Translation

[Someone] from Kyme↗.¹ It also serves as a proper name. But Kyme↗ [is] a name of a city.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυμαῖος· ἀπὸ τῆς Κύμης. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ὄνομα κύριον. Κύμη δὲ ὄνομα πόλεως.

Betacode

*kumai=os: a)po\ th=s *ku/mhs. shmai/nei de\ kai\ o)/noma ku/rion. *ku/mh de\ o)/noma po/lews.

Notes (1)

[1] For a well-known instance see epsilon 3953; for the Cumaean Sibyl, see sigma 360.
2On the coast of Aiolis (Asia Minor); OCD(4) s.v. Cyme (p.402); Barrington Atlas Map 56 Grid D4; present-day Nemrut Limam.

Linked from1 entry

ε3930ἜφιπποςEphippos, Ephippus; Ephoros, EphorusOf Kyme; son of Demophilos, though some [say] of Antiochos; pupil of Isocrates the orator; historian. He had a son, Demophilos the historian. He was [born] during the 93rd Olympiad, thus also before the reign of Philip…

Neighbouring entries

κ2683Κύμβιονcuplet κ2684Κυμαίνειseethes κ2685ΚυμαῖοςKymaian, Cymaean, Cumaean κ2686Κυμίνδιοςkumindis, kymindis κ2687Κύμινονcumin, cummin

Revision history6 revisions · last 5 Mar 2020

5 Mar 2020Revised — Catharine Roth
5 Mar 2020another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
4 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
27 Jul 2011cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Oct 2003augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Oct 2003cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
3 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κυμαῖος (Adler number kappa 2685), trans. David Whitehead, 3 Dec 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2685

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗