σφάκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. According to Furnée, of Pre-Greek origin and related to σφάγνος (sphágnos, “kind of bush”) and φάσκον (pháskon, “moss”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σφάκος • (sphákos) m (genitive σφάκου); second declension

  1. apple sage (Salvia pomifera)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σφᾰ́κος; τοῦ σφᾰ́κου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σφᾰ́κος
ho sphắkos 		τὼ σφᾰ́κω
tṑ sphắkō 		οἱ σφᾰ́κοι
hoi sphắkoi
Genitive τοῦ σφᾰ́κου
toû sphắkou 		τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν
toîn sphắkoin 		τῶν σφᾰ́κων
tôn sphắkōn
Dative τῷ σφᾰ́κῳ
tōî sphắkōi 		τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν
toîn sphắkoin 		τοῖς σφᾰ́κοις
toîs sphắkois
Accusative τὸν σφᾰ́κον
tòn sphắkon 		τὼ σφᾰ́κω
tṑ sphắkō 		τοὺς σφᾰ́κους
toùs sphắkous
Vocative σφᾰ́κε
sphắke 		σφᾰ́κω
sphắkō 		σφᾰ́κοι
sphắkoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: sphacos

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σφάκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1428

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