"σίμβλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σίμβλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sím.blos/, /ˈsim.blos/, /ˈsim.blos/, /sím.blos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsim.blos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsim.blos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsim.blos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsim.blos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unclear, perhaps a Pre-Greek word. In Koine Greek, the word also occurs as a neuter σίμβλον (símblon). In addition, Hesychius lists a feminine plural form σίμβλαι (símblai). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|Unclear}} Unclear, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῐ́μβλος|σῐ́μβλου|m|second}} σῐ́μβλος • (sĭ́mblos) m (genitive σῐ́μβλου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῐ́μβλος|σῐ́μβλου|form=MSP}} Forms: σῐ́μβλος [canonical], sĭ́mblos [romanization], σῐ́μβλου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ σῐ́μβλος [nominative, singular], οἱ σῐ́μβλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ σῐ́μβλου [genitive, singular], σῐ́μβλων [genitive, plural], τῷ σῐ́μβλῳ [dative, singular], τοῖς σῐ́μβλοις [dative, plural], τὸν σῐ́μβλον [accusative, singular], τοὺς σῐ́μβλους [accusative, plural], σῐ́μβλε [singular, vocative], σῐ́μβλοι [plural, vocative], σίμβλον [alternative, Koine], σίμβλαι [alternative]
  1. beehive, hive Synonyms: κυψέλη, σμῆνος
    Sense id: en-σίμβλος-grc-noun-ifpNk~Qq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Containers: 51 49
  2. (figuratively) store, hoard Tags: figuratively Synonyms: θησαυρός
    Sense id: en-σίμβλος-grc-noun-t2XrGhqm Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Containers: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Beekeeping Disambiguation of Beekeeping: 0 0
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