σφάκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unclear origin. According to Furnée, of Pre-Greek origin and related to σφάγνος (sphágnos, “kind of bush”) and φάσκον (pháskon, “moss”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰá.kos/ → /ˈsɸa.kos/ → /ˈsfa.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰá.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰa.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸa.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.kos/

Noun

σφάκος • (sphákos) m (genitive σφάκου); second declension

1. apple sage (Salvia pomifera)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σφᾰ́κος; τοῦ σφᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφᾰ́κος ho sphákos	τὼ σφᾰ́κω tṑ sphákō	οἱ σφᾰ́κοι hoi sphákoi
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰ́κου toû sphákou	τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν toîn sphákoin	τῶν σφᾰ́κων tôn sphákōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰ́κῳ tôi sphákōi	τοῖν σφᾰ́κοιν toîn sphákoin	τοῖς σφᾰ́κοις toîs sphákois
Accusative	τὸν σφᾰ́κον tòn sphákon	τὼ σφᾰ́κω tṑ sphákō	τοὺς σφᾰ́κους toùs sphákous
Vocative	σφᾰ́κε spháke	σφᾰ́κω sphákō	σφᾰ́κοι sphákoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλελῐ́σφᾰκος (elelísphakos)
• σφᾰκώδης (sphakṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: sphacos

Further reading

• “σφάκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σφάκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette