σάβανον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σᾰβᾰκᾰ́θῐον (săbăkắthĭon), σᾰββᾰκᾰ́θῐον (săbbăkắthĭon), σᾰβᾰ́κᾰνον (săbắkănon)
Etymology
Probably related to or borrowed from Egyptian sbn (“(linen) bandage”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sá.ba.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.βa.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.va.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.va.non/
Noun
σᾰ́βᾰνον • (sắbănon) n (genitive σᾰβᾰ́νου); second declension
- linen cloth or towel
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σᾰ́βᾰνον tò sắbănon |
τὼ σᾰβᾰ́νω tṑ săbắnō |
τᾰ̀ σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ tằ sắbănă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σᾰβᾰ́νου toû săbắnou |
τοῖν σᾰβᾰ́νοιν toîn săbắnoin |
τῶν σᾰβᾰ́νων tôn săbắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σᾰβᾰ́νῳ tōî săbắnōi |
τοῖν σᾰβᾰ́νοιν toîn săbắnoin |
τοῖς σᾰβᾰ́νοις toîs săbắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σᾰ́βᾰνον tò sắbănon |
τὼ σᾰβᾰ́νω tṑ săbắnō |
τᾰ̀ σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ tằ sắbănă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰ́βᾰνον sắbănon |
σᾰβᾰ́νω săbắnō |
σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ sắbănă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Amharic: ሰበን (säbän)
- → Ge'ez: ሰበን (säbän)
- → Georgian: საბანი (sabani)
- → Latin: sabanum
- → Laz: საბანი (sabani)
- → Old Armenian: սաւան (sawan)
- Armenian: սավան (savan)
- → Russian: са́ван (sávan, “shroud”)
Further reading
- “σάβανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σάβανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette