σάπιθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Hoffmann, of Semitic origin; however, he does not explain any further. This word can only be connected to the group of Hebrew זֶבַח (zéḇaḥ, “sacrifice”), Arabic ذِبْح (ḏibḥ, “sacrificial victim”) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎈 (dbḥ, “sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.θos/ → /ˈsa.pi.θos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.pi.θos/

Noun

σάπιθος • (sápithos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: Paphian word for θυσία (thusía, “burnt offering, sacrifice”).

Further reading

• “σα^πήῃ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
• Hesychius' Lexicon: σ