σάπων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin sapo.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /sápɔ͜ɔn/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /sápoːn/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /sápon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /sápon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /sápon/

Noun

σάπων (genitive σάπωνος) m, third declension; (sapōn)

1. soap
   • Aretaeus of Cappadocia, De Curatione Diuturnorum Morborum, 2.13
   • Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 28.12
   • Serenus Sammonicus, 158

Inflection

Third declension of σάπων, σάπωνος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σάπων	σάπωνε	σάπωνες
Genitive	σάπωνος	σαπώνοιν	σαπώνων
Dative	σάπωνῐ	σαπώνοιν	σάπωσῐ(ν)
Accusative	σάπωνᾰ	σάπωνε	σάπωνᾰς
Vocative	σάπων	σάπωνε	σάπωνες

Descendants

• Armenian: սապոն (sapon)
• Georgian: საპონი (saponi)

References

• LSJ 8th edition

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάπων (sapōn, “soap”), from Latin sapo (“soap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsapo̞n/
• Hyphenation: σά‧πων

Noun

σάπων (sápon) m,   plural σάπωνες

1. Katharevousa form of σαπούνι (sapoúni, "soap")