σαυρωτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sau̯.rɔː.tɛ̌ːr/ → /sa.βroˈtir/ → /sa.vroˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sau̯.rɔː.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saw.roˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.βroˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.vroˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.vroˈtir/

Noun

σαυρωτήρ • (saurōtḗr) m (genitive σαυρωτῆρος); third declension

1. ferrule or spike at the butt end of a spear, by which it was stuck into the ground

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σαυρωτήρ; τοῦ σαυρωτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σαυρωτήρ ho saurōtḗr	τὼ σαυρωτῆρε tṑ saurōtêre	οἱ σαυρωτῆρες hoi saurōtêres
Genitive	τοῦ σαυρωτῆρος toû saurōtêros	τοῖν σαυρωτήροιν toîn saurōtḗroin	τῶν σαυρωτήρων tôn saurōtḗrōn
Dative	τῷ σαυρωτῆρῐ tôi saurōtêri	τοῖν σαυρωτήροιν toîn saurōtḗroin	τοῖς σαυρωτῆρσῐ / σαυρωτῆρσῐν toîs saurōtêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σαυρωτῆρᾰ tòn saurōtêra	τὼ σαυρωτῆρε tṑ saurōtêre	τοὺς σαυρωτῆρᾰς toùs saurōtêras
Vocative	σαυρωτήρ saurōtḗr	σαυρωτῆρε saurōtêre	σαυρωτῆρες saurōtêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σαυρωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σαυρωτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σαυρωτήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• σαυρωτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σαυρωτήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963