βελοσφενδόνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βέλος (bélos, “missile, arrow, dart”) +‎ σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /be.los.pʰen.dó.nɛː/ → /βe.los.ɸenˈdo.ni/ → /ve.los.fenˈdo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.los.pʰen.dó.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.los.pʰenˈdo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.los.ɸenˈdo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.los.fenˈdo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.los.fenˈdo.ni/

Noun

βελοσφενδόνη • (belosphendónē) f (genitive βελοσφενδόνης); first declension

1. dart wrapped with pitch and tow, and thrown while on fire from an engine

Declension

First declension of ἡ βελοσφενδόνη; τῆς βελοσφενδόνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βελοσφενδόνη hē belosphendónē	τὼ βελοσφενδόνᾱ tṑ belosphendónā	αἱ βελοσφενδόναι hai belosphendónai
Genitive	τῆς βελοσφενδόνης tês belosphendónēs	τοῖν βελοσφενδόναιν toîn belosphendónain	τῶν βελοσφενδονῶν tôn belosphendonôn
Dative	τῇ βελοσφενδόνῃ têi belosphendónēi	τοῖν βελοσφενδόναιν toîn belosphendónain	ταῖς βελοσφενδόναις taîs belosphendónais
Accusative	τὴν βελοσφενδόνην tḕn belosphendónēn	τὼ βελοσφενδόνᾱ tṑ belosphendónā	τᾱ̀ς βελοσφενδόνᾱς tā̀s belosphendónās
Vocative	βελοσφενδόνη belosphendónē	βελοσφενδόνᾱ belosphendónā	βελοσφενδόναι belosphendónai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βελοσφενδόνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βελοσφενδόνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βελοσφενδόνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)