σάπων
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUsually said to be from Latin sāpō, but borrowing from Galatian is also possible. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap”). More at soap.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sǎː.pɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.pon/
Noun
editσᾱ́πων • (sā́pōn) m (genitive σᾱ́πωνος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σᾱ́πων ho sā́pōn |
τὼ σᾱ́πωνε tṑ sā́pōne |
οἱ σᾱ́πωνες hoi sā́pōnes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σᾱ́πωνος toû sā́pōnos |
τοῖν σᾱπώνοιν toîn sāpṓnoin |
τῶν σᾱπώνων tôn sāpṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σᾱ́πωνῐ tôi sā́pōni |
τοῖν σᾱπώνοιν toîn sāpṓnoin |
τοῖς σᾱ́πωσῐ / σᾱ́πωσῐν toîs sā́pōsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σᾱ́πωνᾰ tòn sā́pōna |
τὼ σᾱ́πωνε tṑ sā́pōne |
τοὺς σᾱ́πωνᾰς toùs sā́pōnas | ||||||||||
Vocative | σᾱ́πων sā́pōn |
σᾱ́πωνε sā́pōne |
σᾱ́πωνες sā́pōnes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- σαπώνιον (sapṓnion)
Descendants
edit- → Classical Syriac: ܨܦܘܢܐ
- → Arabic: صَابُون (ṣābūn) (see there for further descendants)
- → Greek: σάπων (sápon)
- → Georgian: საპონი (saṗoni)
- → Middle Persian: *sābōn
- → Old Armenian: սապոն (sapon)
- Middle Armenian: սապոն (sapon)
- ⇒ Koine Greek: σαπώνιον (sapṓnion) (diminutive)
Further reading
edit- “σάπων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σάπων 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), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1307
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn, “soap”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσάπων • (sápon) m (plural σάπωνες)
- Katharevousa form of σαπούνι (sapoúni, “soap”)
Declension
editCategories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Latin
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Galatian
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- Koine Greek
- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
- Katharevousa
- Greek nouns declining like 'κώδων'