σανδαράχη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /san.da.rá.kʰɛː/ → /san.daˈra.çi/ → /san.daˈra.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /san.da.rá.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /san.daˈra.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /san.daˈra.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /san.daˈra.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /san.daˈra.çi/

Noun

σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χη • (sandarákhē) f (genitive σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χης); first declension

1. Alternative form of σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́κη (sandarákē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χη; τῆς σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χη hē sandarákhē	τὼ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χᾱ tṑ sandarákhā	αἱ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χαι hai sandarákhai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χης tês sandarákhēs	τοῖν σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χαιν toîn sandarákhain	τῶν σᾰνδᾰρᾰχῶν tôn sandarakhôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χῃ têi sandarákhēi	τοῖν σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χαιν toîn sandarákhain	ταῖς σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χαις taîs sandarákhais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χην tḕn sandarákhēn	τὼ σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χᾱ tṑ sandarákhā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χᾱς tā̀s sandarákhās
Vocative	σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χη sandarákhē	σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χᾱ sandarákhā	σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́χαι sandarákhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σανδαράχη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “σανδαράχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σανδαράχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σανδαράχη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1305

Greek

Alternative forms

• σανδαράκη (sandaráki)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σανδαράχη (sandarákhē), variant of σανδαράκη (sandarákē), traditionally considered an oriental loanword from an unknown source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san.ðaˈɾa.çi/
• Hyphenation: σαν‧δα‧ρά‧χη

Noun

σανδαράχη • (sandaráchi) f (plural σανδαράχες) usually in the singular

1. (mineralogy) realgar, sandarac, red sulfide of arsenic (as ερυθρά σανδαράχη "red sandarac")
2. (mineralogy) orpiment, yellow sulfide of arsenic (as κίτρινη σανδαράχη "yellow sandarac")

Declension

declension of σανδαράχη

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	σανδαράχη •	σανδαράχες •
genitive	σανδαράχης •	σανδαράχων •
accusative	σανδαράχη •	σανδαράχες •
vocative	σανδαράχη •	σανδαράχες •
Usually in the singular.

Further reading

• σανδαράχη - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
• Σανδαράχη (ερυθρά) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Σανδαράχη (κίτρινη) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el