Σπαργαπίσης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *Spargapisa, from *sparga (“scion, descendant”) (cf. Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (spar^əγa, “sprout”)) + *pisa (“adornment, decoration”), from an older *paisah (cf. Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (paēsa)). Alternatively, the second element could be *pisa, from Common Iranian *paiśa (“outlook”).

Compare with Σπαργαπείθης (Spargapeíthēs), from Scythian *Spargapaiθa, where *paiśa changed to *paiθa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spar.ɡa.pí.sɛːs/ → /spar.ɣaˈpi.sis/ → /spar.ɣaˈpi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spar.ɡa.pí.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spar.ɡaˈpi.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spar.ɣaˈpi.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spar.ɣaˈpi.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spar.ɣaˈpi.sis/

Proper noun

Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σης • (Spargapísēs) m (genitive Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σου); third declension

1. a male given name from Scythian: Spargapises, a general of the Massagetae defeated by Cyrus the Great

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σης; τοῦ Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σης ho Spargapísēs
Genitive	τοῦ Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σου toû Spargapísou
Dative	τῷ Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σῃ tôi Spargapísēi
Accusative	τὸν Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́σην tòn Spargapísēn
Vocative	Σπᾰργᾰπῐ́ση Spargapísē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Spargapisēs

Further reading

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