σφάξ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰǎːks/ → /sɸaks/ → /sfaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰǎːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spʰaks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɸaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sfaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sfaks/

Noun

σφᾱ́ξ • (sphā́x) m (genitive σφᾱκός); third declension

1. Doric form of σφήξ (sphḗx)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σφᾱ́ξ; τοῦ σφᾱκός (Laconian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφᾱ́ξ ho sphā́x	τὼ σφᾶκε tṑ sphâke	τοὶ σφᾶκες toì sphâkes
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾱκός toû sphākós	τοῖν σφᾱκοῖν toîn sphākoîn	τῶν σφᾱκῶν tôn sphākôn
Dative	τῷ σφᾱκῐ́ tôi sphākí	τοῖν σφᾱκοῖν toîn sphākoîn	τοῖς σφᾱξῐ́ / σφᾱξῐ́ν toîs sphāxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν σφᾶκᾰ tòn sphâka	τὼ σφᾶκε tṑ sphâke	τὼς σφᾶκᾰς tṑs sphâkas
Vocative	σφᾱ́ξ sphā́x	σφᾶκε sphâke	σφᾶκες sphâkes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

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