σπάργανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *σπάργω (*spárgō, “to swaddle”), which is from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twist”) with a g-extension (perhaps via contamination with a verb of similar meaning, like εἴργω (eírgō, “to enclose”)). Related to σπεῖρον (speîron, “burial shroud”) and σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”); see the latter for more cognates.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spár.ɡa.non/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɡa.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɣa.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɣa.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ɣa.non/

Noun

σπᾰ́ργᾰνον • (spắrgănon) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰ́νου); second declension

band for swathing infants
(in the plural) swaddling clothes
objects left with an exposed child, the marks by which a person's true birth and family are identified

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰ́ργᾰνον; τοῦ σπᾰργᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰ́ργᾰνον tò spắrgănon	τὼ σπᾰργᾰ́νω tṑ spărgắnō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́ργᾰνᾰ tằ spắrgănă
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰργᾰ́νου toû spărgắnou	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰ́νοιν toîn spărgắnoin	τῶν σπᾰργᾰ́νων tôn spărgắnōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰργᾰ́νῳ tōî spărgắnōi	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰ́νοιν toîn spărgắnoin	τοῖς σπᾰργᾰ́νοις toîs spărgắnois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰ́ργᾰνον tò spắrgănon	τὼ σπᾰργᾰ́νω tṑ spărgắnō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰ́ργᾰνᾰ tằ spắrgănă
Vocative	σπᾰ́ργᾰνον spắrgănon	σπᾰργᾰ́νω spărgắnō	σπᾰ́ργᾰνᾰ spắrgănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σπαργανίζω (sparganízō)
σπαργάνιον (spargánion)
σπαργανιώτης (sparganiṓtēs)
σπαργανόω (sparganóō)
σπαργάνωμα (spargánōma)
σπαργάνωσις (spargánōsis)
σπαργανωτέος (sparganōtéos)

Descendants

→ Latin: sparganum

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “*σπάργω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1376