σπάθη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; put”) (+ feminine ending *-eh₂; Prehellenic *spéh₂dʰh₁eh₂). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *spadô, Hittite [script needed] (išpatar, “spear”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spá.tʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.θi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈspa.θi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈspa.θi/
Noun
σπᾰ́θη • (spáthē) f (genitive σπᾰ́θης); first declension
- any broad blade, of wood or metal
- a flat wooden blade used by ancient weavers in their upright loom for striking the woof home
- a spaddle or spattle used for stirring, especially for medical purposes
- the paddle or blade of an oar
- Synonym: πλάτη (plátē)
- the broad ribs
- the shoulder blade
- the broad blade of a sword
- a scraper for currying horses
- the stem of a palm-frond
- the spathe of the flower of many plants, especially palms
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σπᾰ́θη hē spáthē |
τὼ σπᾰ́θᾱ tṑ spáthā |
αἱ σπᾰ́θαι hai spáthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σπᾰ́θης tês spáthēs |
τοῖν σπᾰ́θαιν toîn spáthain |
τῶν σπᾰθῶν tôn spathôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σπᾰ́θῃ têi spáthēi |
τοῖν σπᾰ́θαιν toîn spáthain |
ταῖς σπᾰ́θαις taîs spáthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σπᾰ́θην tḕn spáthēn |
τὼ σπᾰ́θᾱ tṑ spáthā |
τᾱ̀ς σπᾰ́θᾱς tā̀s spáthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπᾰ́θη spáthē |
σπᾰ́θᾱ spáthā |
σπᾰ́θαι spáthai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σπαθαρία (spatharía)
- σπαθαρικόν (spatharikón)
- σπαθάριος (spathários)
- σπαθαρίσκος (spatharískos)
- σπαθάω (spatháō)
- σπάθημα (spáthēma)
- σπάθησις (spáthēsis)
- σπαθητός (spathētós)
- σπαθηφόρος (spathēphóros)
- σπαθίας (spathías)
- σπαθίζω (spathízō)
- σπαθίνης (spathínēs)
- σπαθίον (spathíon)
- σπαθίουρος (spathíouros)
- σπαθίς (spathís)
- σπάθισμα (spáthisma)
- σπαθίτης (spathítēs)
Descendants
- → Latin: spatha (see there for further descendants)
References
- “σπάθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σπάθη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σπάθη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπάθη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1374
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension