Σφακτηρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰak.tɛː.rí.aː/ → /sɸak.tiˈri.a/ → /sfak.tiˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰak.tɛː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spʰak.te̝ˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɸak.tiˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sfak.tiˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sfak.tiˈri.a/

Proper noun

Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ • (Sphaktēríā) f (genitive Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Sphacteria; Sphagia, Messenia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ hē Sphaktēríā
Genitive	τῆς Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱς tês Sphaktēríās
Dative	τῇ Σφακτηρῐ́ᾳ têi Sphaktēríāi
Accusative	τὴν Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sphaktēríān
Vocative	Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ Sphaktēríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Сфактерия (Sfakterija)
• French: Sphactérie
• Greek: Σφακτηρία (Sfaktiría)
• Italian: Sfacteria
• Latin: Sphacteria
• Spanish: Esfacteria

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Σφακτηρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette