σπαργάνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπάργανον (spárganon, “band for swaddling infants”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sparˈɡa.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
Noun
σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον • (spărgắnĭon) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spărgắnĭon |
τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ spărgănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ spărgắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου toû spărgănĭ́ou |
τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn spărgănĭ́oin |
τῶν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ων tôn spărgănĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ῳ tōî spărgănĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn spărgănĭ́oin |
τοῖς σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οις toîs spărgănĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spărgắnĭon |
τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ spărgănĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ spărgắnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον spărgắnĭon |
σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω spărgănĭ́ō |
σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ spărgắnĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: sparganium
- → Translingual: Sparganium
Further reading
- “σπαργάνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπαργάνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette