βελοσφενδόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βέλος (bélos, “missile, arrow, dart”) +‎ σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βελοσφενδόνη • (belosphendónē) f (genitive βελοσφενδόνης); first declension

  1. dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine

Declension

First declension of ἡ βελοσφενδόνη; τῆς βελοσφενδόνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βελοσφενδόνη
hē belosphendónē 		τὼ βελοσφενδόνᾱ
tṑ belosphendónā 		αἱ βελοσφενδόναι
hai belosphendónai
Genitive τῆς βελοσφενδόνης
tês belosphendónēs 		τοῖν βελοσφενδόναιν
toîn belosphendónain 		τῶν βελοσφενδονῶν
tôn belosphendonôn
Dative τῇ βελοσφενδόνῃ
tēî belosphendónēi 		τοῖν βελοσφενδόναιν
toîn belosphendónain 		ταῖς βελοσφενδόναις
taîs belosphendónais
Accusative τὴν βελοσφενδόνην
tḕn belosphendónēn 		τὼ βελοσφενδόνᾱ
tṑ belosphendónā 		τᾱ̀ς βελοσφενδόνᾱς
tā̀s belosphendónās
Vocative βελοσφενδόνη
belosphendónē 		βελοσφενδόνᾱ
belosphendónā 		βελοσφενδόναι
belosphendónai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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