σφυρόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Conventionally connected with Proto-Indo-European *sperH-, although Pre-Greek, according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σφῠρόν • (sphŭrón) n (genitive σφῠροῦ); second declension

  1. (anatomy) ankle
  2. lower part or edge, foothills of mountains

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σφῠρόν; τοῦ σφῠροῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ σφῠρόν
tò sphŭrón 		τὼ σφῠρώ
tṑ sphŭrṓ 		τᾰ̀ σφῠρᾰ́
tằ sphŭrắ
Genitive τοῦ σφῠροῦ
toû sphŭroû 		τοῖν σφῠροῖν
toîn sphŭroîn 		τῶν σφῠρῶν
tôn sphŭrôn
Dative τῷ σφῠρῷ
tōî sphŭrōî 		τοῖν σφῠροῖν
toîn sphŭroîn 		τοῖς σφῠροῖς
toîs sphŭroîs
Accusative τὸ σφῠρόν
tò sphŭrón 		τὼ σφῠρώ
tṑ sphŭrṓ 		τᾰ̀ σφῠρᾰ́
tằ sphŭrắ
Vocative σφῠρόν
sphŭrón 		σφῠρώ
sphŭrṓ 		σφῠρᾰ́
sphŭrắ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐπισφύριος (episphúrios)
  • εὔσφυρος (eúsphuros)
  • καλλίσφυρος (kallísphuros)
  • λευκόσφυρος (leukósphuros)
  • ῥοδόσφυρος (rhodósphuros)
  • σφυρόομαι (sphuróomai)
  • σφυρωτήρ (sphurōtḗr)
  • τανύσφυρος (tanúsphuros)
  • χλιδανόσφυρος (khlidanósphuros)

Further reading

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