σφηκισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius. From σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”), as if from a verb σφηκίζω (sphēkízō, “to buzz like a wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σφηκισμός • (sphēkismós) m (genitive σφηκισμοῦ); second declension

  1. (music, hapax legomenon) a form of playing the aulos with a buzzing timbre
    • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:
      σφηκισμός· εἶδος αὐλήσεως εἰρημένον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμφερείας τῶν βομ(β)ῶν
      sphēkismós; eîdos aulḗseōs eirēménon apò tês emphereías tôn bom(b)ôn
      sphēkismós: a style of flute-playing, named after its likeness to buzzing sounds]

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σφηκισμός; τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σφηκισμός
ho sphēkismós 		τὼ σφηκισμώ
tṑ sphēkismṓ 		οἱ σφηκισμοί
hoi sphēkismoí
Genitive τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ
toû sphēkismoû 		τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν
toîn sphēkismoîn 		τῶν σφηκισμῶν
tôn sphēkismôn
Dative τῷ σφηκισμῷ
tōî sphēkismōî 		τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν
toîn sphēkismoîn 		τοῖς σφηκισμοῖς
toîs sphēkismoîs
Accusative τὸν σφηκισμόν
tòn sphēkismón 		τὼ σφηκισμώ
tṑ sphēkismṓ 		τοὺς σφηκισμούς
toùs sphēkismoús
Vocative σφηκισμέ
sphēkismé 		σφηκισμώ
sphēkismṓ 		σφηκισμοί
sphēkismoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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