σφάκτρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σφάζω (spházō, “to slaughter”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰák.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰak.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸak.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfak.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfak.tron/
Noun
σφᾰ́κτρον • (sphắktron) n (genitive σφᾰ́κτρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò sphắktron |
τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ sphắktrō |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tằ sphắktră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰ́κτρου toû sphắktrou |
τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn sphắktroin |
τῶν σφᾰ́κτρων tôn sphắktrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σφᾰ́κτρῳ tōî sphắktrōi |
τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn sphắktroin |
τοῖς σφᾰ́κτροις toîs sphắktrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò sphắktron |
τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ sphắktrō |
τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tằ sphắktră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφᾰ́κτρον sphắktron |
σφᾰ́κτρω sphắktrō |
σφᾰ́κτρᾰ sphắktră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σφάκτρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφάκτρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette