σπάρτον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σπάρτος (spártos)
• σπάρτη (spártē)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sper-to, from *sper- (“to twist, turn”) and so cognate with σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil, twist”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

σπάρτον • (spárton) n (genitive σπάρτου); second declension

1. A rope, a cable
   1. A measuring cord
   2. A thread
2. A kind of grass, the esparto

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰ́ρτον; τοῦ σπᾰ́ρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰ́ρτον tò spárton	τὼ σπᾰ́ρτω tṑ spártō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́ρτᾰ tà spárta
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰ́ρτου toû spártou	τοῖν σπᾰ́ρτοιν toîn spártoin	τῶν σπᾰ́ρτων tôn spártōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰ́ρτῳ tôi spártōi	τοῖν σπᾰ́ρτοιν toîn spártoin	τοῖς σπᾰ́ρτοις toîs spártois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰ́ρτον tò spárton	τὼ σπᾰ́ρτω tṑ spártō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́ρτᾰ tà spárta
Vocative	σπᾰ́ρτον spárton	σπᾰ́ρτω spártō	σπᾰ́ρτᾰ spárta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σπαρτίνη (spartínē)
• σπάρτινος (spártinos)
• σπαρτίον (spartíon)

 

Descendants

• Latin: spartum
  • Spanish: esparto

Further reading

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