σφαγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφάζω (spházō, “to slaughter”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σφᾰγῐ́ς • (sphăgĭ́s) f (genitive σφᾰγῐ́δος); third declension

  1. sacrificial knife

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σφᾰγῐ́ς; τῆς σφᾰγῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σφᾰγῐ́ς
hē sphăgĭ́s 		τὼ σφᾰγῐ́δε
tṑ sphăgĭ́de 		αἱ σφᾰγῐ́δες
hai sphăgĭ́des
Genitive τῆς σφᾰγῐ́δος
tês sphăgĭ́dos 		τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́δοιν
toîn sphăgĭ́doin 		τῶν σφᾰγῐ́δων
tôn sphăgĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ σφᾰγῐ́δῐ
tēî sphăgĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́δοιν
toîn sphăgĭ́doin 		ταῖς σφᾰγῐ́σῐ / σφᾰγῐ́σῐν
taîs sphăgĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν σφᾰγῐ́δᾰ
tḕn sphăgĭ́dă 		τὼ σφᾰγῐ́δε
tṑ sphăgĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς σφᾰγῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s sphăgĭ́dăs
Vocative σφᾰγῐ́ς
sphăgĭ́s 		σφᾰγῐ́δε
sphăgĭ́de 		σφᾰγῐ́δες
sphăgĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

  • σφᾰγῐ́δῐον (sphăgĭ́dĭon)

Further reading

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