Σαώ

See also: σαῶ, σαῷ, and σάω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of σῶς (sôs, “safe”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɔ̌ː/ → /saˈo/ → /saˈo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.ɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈo/

Proper noun

Σᾰώ • (Saṓ) f (genitive Σᾰοῦς); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Sao (Nereid)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σᾰώ; τῆς Σᾰοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σᾰώ hē Saṓ
Genitive	τῆς Σᾰοῦς tês Saoûs
Dative	τῇ Σᾰοῖ têi Saoî
Accusative	τὴν Σᾰώ tḕn Saṓ
Vocative	Σᾰοῖ Saoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Σαώ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Σαώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette