Σπάρτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ (Spártā) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”), a reference to the cords laid as the city's foundation boundaries, though this could be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spár.tɛː/ → /ˈspar.ti/ → /ˈspar.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spár.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ti/

Proper noun

Σπᾰ́ρτη • (Spártē) f (genitive Σπᾰ́ρτης); first declension

1. Sparta; Sparti, Laconia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη; τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη hē Spártē
Genitive	τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης tês Spártēs
Dative	τῇ Σπᾰ́ρτῃ têi Spártēi
Accusative	τὴν Σπᾰ́ρτην tḕn Spártēn
Vocative	Σπᾰ́ρτη Spártē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ; τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς (Laconian)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ hā Spártā
Genitive	τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς tâs Spártās
Dative	τᾷ Σπᾰ́ρτᾳ tâi Spártāi
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν Σπᾰ́ρτᾱν tā̀n Spártān
Vocative	Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ Spártā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Σπᾰ́ρτηθεν (Spártēthen)
• Σπᾰ́ρτηνδε (Spártēnde)
• Σπᾰρτῐᾱ́της (Spartiā́tēs)
• Σπᾰρτῐᾶτῐς (Spartiâtis)
• Σπᾰρτῐᾱτῐκός (Spartiātikós)

Descendants

Descendants of Σπάρτη in other languages

• → Afrikaans: Sparta
• → Arabic: أسبرطة
• → Asturian: Esparta
• → Basque: Esparta
• → Breton: Sparta
• → Bulgarian: Спарта (Sparta)
• → Catalan: Esparta
• → Czech: Sparta
• → Danish: Sparta
• → Dutch: Sparta
• → Estonian: Sparta
• → Finnish: Sparta
• → French: Sparte
  • → Persian: اسپارت (espârt)
• → Galician: Esparta
• → German: Sparta
• Greek: Σπάρτη (Spárti)
• → Hebrew: ספרטה
• → Hungarian: Spárta
• → Icelandic: Sparta
• → Irish: Sparta
• → Italian: Sparta
• → Japanese: スパルタ
• → Korean: 스파르타 (Seupareuta)
• → Latin: Sparta
• → Lithuanian: Sparta
• → Lombard: Sparta
• → Luxembourgish: Sparta
• → Norwegian: Sparta
• → Polish: Sparta
• → Portuguese: Esparta
• → Romanian: Sparta
• → Russian: Спарта (Sparta)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Спарта
• → Slovak: Sparta
• → Slovene: Šparta, Sparta
• → Spanish: Esparta
• → Swedish: Sparta
• → Turkish: Sparta
• → Ukrainian: Спарта (Sparta)
• → Welsh: Sparta

Further reading

• “Σπάρτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspaɾti/
• Hyphenation: Σπάρ‧τη

Proper noun

Σπάρτη • (Spárti) f

1. Sparta (large town in Laconia in Greece)

Declension

  Σπάρτη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Σπάρτη •
genitive	Σπάρτης •
accusative	Σπάρτη •
vocative	Σπάρτη •

Derived terms

• Σπαρτιάτης m (Spartiátis, “male Spartan”)
• Σπαρτιάτισσα f (Spartiátissa, “female Spartan”)
• σπαρτιάτικος (spartiátikos) (adjective)
• σπαρτιατικός (spartiatikós) (adjective)
• σπαρτιάτικα (spartiátika) (adverb)
• σπαρτιατικά (spartiatiká) (adverb)

Further reading

• Σπάρτη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el