σπατάγγης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾰ́τᾰγγας (pátangas)

Etymology

Hardly related to σπάω (spáō, “to suck”). The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek. For the formation, compare also φαττάγης (phattágēs, “pangolin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.táŋ.ɡɛːs/ → /spaˈtaɲ.ɟis/ → /spaˈtaɲ.ɟis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.táŋ.ɡɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈtaŋ.ɡe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈtaɲ.ɟis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈtaɲ.ɟis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈtaɲ.ɟis/

Noun

σπᾰτᾰ́γγης • (spatángēs) m (genitive σπᾰτᾰ́γγου); first declension

1. kind of sea urchin

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σπᾰτᾰ́γγης; τοῦ σπᾰτᾰ́γγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σπᾰτᾰ́γγης ho spatángēs	τὼ σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ tṑ spatángā	οἱ σπᾰτᾰ́γγαι hoi spatángai
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰτᾰ́γγου toû spatángou	τοῖν σπᾰτᾰ́γγαιν toîn spatángain	τῶν σπᾰτᾰγγῶν tôn spatangôn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰτᾰ́γγῃ tôi spatángēi	τοῖν σπᾰτᾰ́γγαιν toîn spatángain	τοῖς σπᾰτᾰ́γγαις toîs spatángais
Accusative	τὸν σπᾰτᾰ́γγην tòn spatángēn	τὼ σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ tṑ spatángā	τοὺς σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱς toùs spatángās
Vocative	σπᾰτᾰ́γγη spatángē	σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ spatángā	σπᾰτᾰ́γγαι spatángai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σπᾰτᾰγγῐ́ζω (spatangízō)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Spatangus

Further reading

• “σπατάγγης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπατάγγης 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