Σαρπηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Anatolian name or title deriving from the compound *sar-pēdan- with the meaning "(someone of) top position".[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σαρπηδών • (Sarpēdṓn) m (genitive Σαρπηδόνος or Σαρπήδοντος); third declension

  1. Sarpedon

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σαρπηδών; τῆς Σαρπηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σαρπηδών
hē Sarpēdṓn
Genitive τῆς Σαρπηδόνος
tês Sarpēdónos
Dative τῇ Σαρπηδόνῐ
tēî Sarpēdónĭ
Accusative τὴν Σαρπηδόνᾰ
tḕn Sarpēdónă
Vocative Σαρπηδών
Sarpēdṓn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of ὁ Σαρπήδων; τοῦ Σαρπήδοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σαρπήδων
ho Sarpḗdōn
Genitive τοῦ Σαρπήδοντος
toû Sarpḗdontos
Dative τῷ Σαρπήδοντῐ
tōî Sarpḗdontĭ
Accusative τὸν Σαρπήδοντᾰ
tòn Sarpḗdontă
Vocative Σαρπῆδον
Sarpêdon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Σαρπηδόνῐος (Sarpēdónĭos)
  • Σαρπηδονεῖον (Sarpēdoneîon)

Descendants

  • Greek: Σαρπηδών (Sarpidón)
  • Latin: Sarpēdōn

References

  1. ^ S. P. B. Durnford (2008) “Is Sarpedon a Bronze Age Anatolian Personal Name or a Job Description?”, in Anatolian Studies‎[1], volume 58, pages 103-113

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