Σπάρτη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ (Spártā) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain origin, 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.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• 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
• 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

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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