σπαθηφόρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spa.tʰɛː.pʰó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spa.tʰe̝ˈpʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /spa.θiˈɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spa.θiˈfo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spa.θiˈfo.ros/
Noun
σπᾰθηφόρος • (spăthēphóros) m (genitive σπᾰθηφόρου); second declension
- blade-bearer, a police officer at Alexandria
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σπᾰθηφόρος ho spăthēphóros |
τὼ σπᾰθηφόρω tṑ spăthēphórō |
οἱ σπᾰθηφόροι hoi spăthēphóroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπᾰθηφόρου toû spăthēphórou |
τοῖν σπᾰθηφόροιν toîn spăthēphóroin |
τῶν σπᾰθηφόρων tôn spăthēphórōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπᾰθηφόρῳ tōî spăthēphórōi |
τοῖν σπᾰθηφόροιν toîn spăthēphóroin |
τοῖς σπᾰθηφόροις toîs spăthēphórois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σπᾰθηφόρον tòn spăthēphóron |
τὼ σπᾰθηφόρω tṑ spăthēphórō |
τοὺς σπᾰθηφόρους toùs spăthēphórous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπᾰθηφόρε spăthēphóre |
σπᾰθηφόρω spăthēphórō |
σπᾰθηφόροι spăthēphóroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σπαθηφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπαθηφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette