Σπερχειός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sper.kʰeː.ós/ → /sper.çiˈos/ → /sper.çiˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sper.kʰeː.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sper.kʰiˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sper.çiˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sper.çiˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sper.çiˈos/

Proper noun

Σπερχειός • (Sperkheiós) m (genitive Σπερχειοῦ); second declension

1. the river Spercheus; the river Spercheios
2. (Greek mythology) Spercheus, the Greek mythological river god of the aforementioned river

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Σπερχειός; τοῦ Σπερχειοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σπερχειός ho Sperkheiós
Genitive	τοῦ Σπερχειοῦ toû Sperkheioû
Dative	τῷ Σπερχειῷ tôi Sperkheiôi
Accusative	τὸν Σπερχειόν tòn Sperkheión
Vocative	Σπερχειέ Sperkheié
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σπερχειός (Spercheiós)
• Latin: Sperchēus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025