σφένδαμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σπένδᾰμνον (spéndamnon)

Etymology

The formation is similar to δίκταμνον (díktamnon) and ὀρόδαμνος (oródamnos). Often connected to σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”), either through a meaning "trembling" or after the form of the seeds. However, the word is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰén.dam.nos/ → /ˈsɸen.dam.nos/ → /ˈsfen.dam.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰén.dam.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰen.dam.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸen.dam.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfen.dam.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfen.dam.nos/

Noun

σφένδᾰμνος • (sphéndamnos) f (genitive σφενδᾰ́μνου); second declension

1. Montpelier maple (Acer monspessulanum)

   Synonym: ἄκαστος (ákastos)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σφένδᾰμνος; τῆς σφενδᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφένδᾰμνος hē sphéndamnos	τὼ σφενδᾰ́μνω tṑ sphendámnō	αἱ σφένδᾰμνοι hai sphéndamnoi
Genitive	τῆς σφενδᾰ́μνου tês sphendámnou	τοῖν σφενδᾰ́μνοιν toîn sphendámnoin	τῶν σφενδᾰ́μνων tôn sphendámnōn
Dative	τῇ σφενδᾰ́μνῳ têi sphendámnōi	τοῖν σφενδᾰ́μνοιν toîn sphendámnoin	ταῖς σφενδᾰ́μνοις taîs sphendámnois
Accusative	τὴν σφένδᾰμνον tḕn sphéndamnon	τὼ σφενδᾰ́μνω tṑ sphendámnō	τᾱ̀ς σφενδᾰ́μνους tā̀s sphendámnous
Vocative	σφένδᾰμνε sphéndamne	σφενδᾰ́μνω sphendámnō	σφένδᾰμνοι sphéndamnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σφενδᾰ́μνῐνος (sphendámninos)

Descendants

• Greek: σφενδάμι (sfendámi)

Further reading

• “σφένδαμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σφένδαμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σφένδαμνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN