Σαπφώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ψάπφω (Psápphō) — Aeolic
  • Σάφφω (Sáphphō)

Etymology

    According to Beekes, maybe from Pre-Greek due to the presence of the cluster "-πφ-".

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Σαπφώ • (Sapphṓ) f (genitive Σαπφοῦς); third declension

    1. Sappho

    Inflection

    Third declension of ἡ Σαπφώ; τῆς Σαπφοῦς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ἡ Σαπφώ
    hē Sapphṓ
    Genitive τῆς Σαπφοῦς
    tês Sapphoûs
    Dative τῇ Σαπφοῖ
    tēî Sapphoî
    Accusative τὴν Σαπφώ
    tḕn Sapphṓ
    Vocative Σαπφοῖ
    Sapphoî
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • → Arabic: صَافُو (ṣāfū)
    • → Asturian: Safo
    • → Basque: Safo
    • → Breton: Sapfo
    • → Bulgarian: Сафо (Safo)
    • → Catalan: Safo
    • → Czech: Sapfó
    • → Danish: Sapfo
    • → Dutch: Sappho
    • → English: Sappho
    • → Estonian: Sappho
    • → Finnish: Sapfo
    • → French: Sappho
    • → Galician: Safo
    • → German: Sappho
    • → Low German: Sappho
    • Greek: Σαπφώ (Sapfó)
    • → Hebrew: סאפפו
    • → Hungarian: Szapphó
    • → Icelandic: Saffó
    • → Italian: Saffo
    • → Chinese: 萨孚
    • → Japanese: サッポー (Sappō)
    • → Latin: Sappho
    • → Latvian: Sapfo
    • → Lithuanian: Sapfo
    • → Mongolian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • → Norwegian: Sapfo
    • → Piedmontese: Safo
    • → Polish: Safona
    • → Portuguese: Safo
    • → Romanian: Sappho
    • → Russian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • → Scottish Gaelic: Sappho
    • → Serbo-Croatian: Сапфа/Sapfa, Sappho
    • → Slovak: Sapfó
    • → Slovene: Sapfo
    • → Spanish: Safo
    • → Swedish: Sapfo
    • → Turkish: Sapfo
    • → Ukrainian: Сапфо (Sapfo)
    • → Vietnamese: Sappho

    References

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