σφύραινα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From σφῦρα (sphûra, “hammer, mallet”) + -αινᾰ (-aina).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰy̌ː.rai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰy.rɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸy.rɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfy.re.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfi.re.na/
Noun[edit]
σφῡ́ραινᾰ • (sphū́raina) f (genitive σφῡραίνης); first declension
- barracuda (Sphyraena sphyraena)
- Synonym: κέστρα (késtra)
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σφῡ́ραινᾰ hē sphū́raina |
τὼ σφῡραίνᾱ tṑ sphūraínā |
αἱ σφῡ́ραιναι hai sphū́rainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σφῡραίνης tês sphūraínēs |
τοῖν σφῡραίναιν toîn sphūraínain |
τῶν σφῡραινῶν tôn sphūrainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σφῡραίνῃ têi sphūraínēi |
τοῖν σφῡραίναιν toîn sphūraínain |
ταῖς σφῡραίναις taîs sphūraínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σφῡ́ραινᾰν tḕn sphū́rainan |
τὼ σφῡραίνᾱ tṑ sphūraínā |
τᾱ̀ς σφῡραίνᾱς tā̀s sphūraínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφῡ́ραινᾰ sphū́raina |
σφῡραίνᾱ sphūraínā |
σφῡ́ραιναι sphū́rainai | ||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “σφύραινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφύραινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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