σφάκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. According to Furnée, of Pre-Greek origin and related to σφάγνος (sphágnos, “kind of bush”) and φάσκον (pháskon, “moss”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰá.kos/ → /ˈsɸa.kos/ → /ˈsfa.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰá.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰa.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸa.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.kos/

Noun

σφάκος • (sphákos) m (genitive σφάκου); second declension

1. apple sage (Salvia pomifera)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σφᾰ́κος; τοῦ σφᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφᾰ́κος ho sphắkos	τὼ σφᾰ́κω tṑ sphắkō	οἱ σφᾰ́κοι hoi sphắkoi
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰ́κου toû sphắkou	τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν toîn sphắkoin	τῶν σφᾰ́κων tôn sphắkōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰ́κῳ tōî sphắkōi	τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν toîn sphắkoin	τοῖς σφᾰ́κοις toîs sphắkois
Accusative	τὸν σφᾰ́κον tòn sphắkon	τὼ σφᾰ́κω tṑ sphắkō	τοὺς σφᾰ́κους toùs sphắkous
Vocative	σφᾰ́κε sphắke	σφᾰ́κω sphắkō	σφᾰ́κοι sphắkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλελῐ́σφᾰκος (elelĭ́sphăkos)
• σφᾰκώδης (sphăkṓdēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: sphacos

Further reading

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