σφέλας

Ancient Greek

Furnée concludes from the possible connection with σφαλλός (sphallós, “round block of wood”) that the word is Pre-Greek.

σφέλᾰς • (sphélăs) n (genitive σφέλᾰος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ σφέλᾰς; τοῦ σφέλᾰος (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σφέλᾰς tò sphélăs	τὼ σφέλᾰε tṑ sphélăe	τᾰ̀ σφέλᾱ tằ sphélā
Genitive	τοῦ σφέλᾰος toû sphélăos	τοῖν σφελᾰ́οιν toîn sphelắoin	τῶν σφελᾰ́ων tôn sphelắōn
Dative	τῷ σφέλᾰῐ̈ tōî sphélăĭ̈	τοῖν σφελᾰ́οιν toîn sphelắoin	τοῖς σφέλᾰσῐ / σφέλᾰσῐν toîs sphélăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σφέλᾰς tò sphélăs	τὼ σφέλᾰε tṑ sphélăe	τᾰ̀ σφέλᾱ tằ sphélā
Vocative	σφέλᾰς sphélăs	σφέλᾰε sphélăe	σφέλᾱ sphélā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.