σάλπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σάλπος (sálpos)
• σάρπη (sárpē)

Etymology

The presence of variations leads to a origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sál.pɛː/ → /ˈsal.pi/ → /ˈsal.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sál.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/

Noun

σάλπη • (sálpē) f (genitive σάλπης); first declension

1. Salema porgy (Sarpa salpa)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σάλπη; τῆς σάλπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σάλπη hē sálpē	τὼ σάλπᾱ tṑ sálpā	αἱ σάλπαι hai sálpai
Genitive	τῆς σάλπης tês sálpēs	τοῖν σάλπαιν toîn sálpain	τῶν σαλπῶν tôn salpôn
Dative	τῇ σάλπῃ têi sálpēi	τοῖν σάλπαιν toîn sálpain	ταῖς σάλπαις taîs sálpais
Accusative	τὴν σάλπην tḕn sálpēn	τὼ σάλπᾱ tṑ sálpā	τᾱ̀ς σάλπᾱς tā̀s sálpās
Vocative	σάλπη sálpē	σάλπᾱ sálpā	σάλπαι sálpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: salpa
• → English: salpa
• → Italian: salpa

References

• “σάλπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάλπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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