στέμφυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"A full-grade variant of σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “grape”). No further etymology; perhaps Pre-Greek, if the -μ- is interpreted as prenasalization.^[1] This word has also been connected with the verb στέμβω (stémbō, “to shake about, agitate”)."

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stém.pʰy.lon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.pʰy.lon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.ɸy.lon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.fy.lon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.fi.lon/

Noun

στέμφῠλον • (stémphŭlon) n (genitive στεμφῠ́λου); second declension

mass of olives from which the oil has been pressed
mass of pressed grapes

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στέμφῠλον; τοῦ στεμφῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στέμφῠλον tò stémphŭlon	τὼ στεμφῠ́λω tṑ stemphŭ́lō	τᾰ̀ στέμφῠλᾰ tằ stémphŭlă
Genitive	τοῦ στεμφῠ́λου toû stemphŭ́lou	τοῖν στεμφῠ́λοιν toîn stemphŭ́loin	τῶν στεμφῠ́λων tôn stemphŭ́lōn
Dative	τῷ στεμφῠ́λῳ tōî stemphŭ́lōi	τοῖν στεμφῠ́λοιν toîn stemphŭ́loin	τοῖς στεμφῠ́λοις toîs stemphŭ́lois
Accusative	τὸ στέμφῠλον tò stémphŭlon	τὼ στεμφῠ́λω tṑ stemphŭ́lō	τᾰ̀ στέμφῠλᾰ tằ stémphŭlă
Vocative	στέμφῠλον stémphŭlon	στεμφῠ́λω stemphŭ́lō	στέμφῠλᾰ stémphŭlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

στεμφῠλῐ́ᾱς (stemphŭlĭ́ās)
στεμφῠλῐ́ς (stemphŭlĭ́s)
στεμφῠλῑ́της (stemphŭlī́tēs)
στεμφῠλουργός (stemphŭlourgós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στέμφυλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1398