σαπρία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σᾰπρός (săprós, “rotten, putrid”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sa.prí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /saˈpri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /saˈpri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /saˈpri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /saˈpri.a/
Noun
σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ • (săprĭ́ā) f (genitive σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ hē săprĭ́ā |
τὼ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ tṑ săprĭ́ā |
αἱ σᾰπρῐ́αι hai săprĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς tês săprĭ́ās |
τοῖν σᾰπρῐ́αιν toîn săprĭ́ain |
τῶν σᾰπρῐῶν tôn săprĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ σᾰπρῐ́ᾳ tēî săprĭ́āi |
τοῖν σᾰπρῐ́αιν toîn săprĭ́ain |
ταῖς σᾰπρῐ́αις taîs săprĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν σᾰπρῐ́ᾱν tḕn săprĭ́ān |
τὼ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ tṑ săprĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s săprĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ săprĭ́ā |
σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ săprĭ́ā |
σᾰπρῐ́αι săprĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σαπρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σαπρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σαπρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette