σφάκτρον
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From σφάζω (spházō, “to slaughter”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰák.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰak.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸak.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfak.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfak.tron/
Noun[edit]
σφᾰ́κτρον • (spháktron) n (genitive σφᾰ́κτρου); second declension
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò spháktron |
τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ spháktrō |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tà spháktra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰ́κτρου toû spháktrou |
τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn spháktroin |
τῶν σφᾰ́κτρων tôn spháktrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφᾰ́κτρῳ tôi spháktrōi |
τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn spháktroin |
τοῖς σφᾰ́κτροις toîs spháktrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò spháktron |
τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ spháktrō |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tà spháktra | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφᾰ́κτρον spháktron |
σφᾰ́κτρω spháktrō |
σφᾰ́κτρᾰ spháktra | ||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- “σφάκτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφάκτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette