Σάπειρες

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σᾰ́σπειρες (Sáspeires)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.peː.res/ → /ˈsa.pi.res/ → /ˈsa.pi.res/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.peː.res/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.res/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.res/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.res/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.res/

Proper noun

Σᾰ́πειρες • (Sápeires) m (genitive Σᾰπείρων); third declension

1. Sapires, an ancient people settled between Colchis and Media

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Σᾰ́πειρες; τῶν Σᾰπείρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Σᾰ́πειρες hoi Sápeires
Genitive	τῶν Σᾰπείρων tôn Sapeírōn
Dative	τοῖς Σᾰ́πειρσῐ / Σᾰ́πειρσῐν toîs Sápeirsi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Σᾰ́πειρᾰς toùs Sápeiras
Vocative	Σᾰ́πειρες Sápeires
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sapīrēs

Further reading

• Σάπειρες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette