σαμψήρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From an Iranian source common to Old Armenian սուսեր (suser, “sword”), Classical Syriac ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic ספסרא, ספסירא (sap̄sērāʾ, “sword”) and Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σᾰμψήρᾱ • (sămpsḗrā) f (genitive σᾰμψήρᾱς); first declension

  1. kind of sword, shamshir

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰμψήρᾱ; τῆς σᾰμψήρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σᾰμψήρᾱ
hē sămpsḗrā 		τὼ σᾰμψήρᾱ
tṑ sămpsḗrā 		αἱ σᾰμψῆραι
hai sămpsêrai
Genitive τῆς σᾰμψήρᾱς
tês sămpsḗrās 		τοῖν σᾰμψήραιν
toîn sămpsḗrain 		τῶν σᾰμψηρῶν
tôn sămpsērôn
Dative τῇ σᾰμψήρᾳ
tēî sămpsḗrāi 		τοῖν σᾰμψήραιν
toîn sămpsḗrain 		ταῖς σᾰμψήραις
taîs sămpsḗrais
Accusative τὴν σᾰμψήρᾱν
tḕn sămpsḗrān 		τὼ σᾰμψήρᾱ
tṑ sămpsḗrā 		τᾱ̀ς σᾰμψήρᾱς
tā̀s sămpsḗrās
Vocative σᾰμψήρᾱ
sămpsḗrā 		σᾰμψήρᾱ
sămpsḗrā 		σᾰμψῆραι
sămpsêrai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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