σάρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σαίρω (saírō, “to sweep”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.ron/ → /ˈsa.ron/ → /ˈsa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ron/

Noun

σᾰ́ρον • (sáron) n (genitive σᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. broom, besom

   Synonym: κᾰ́λλῠντρον (kálluntron)

2. sweepings, refuse, rubbish

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰ́ρον; τοῦ σᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰ́ρον tò sáron	τὼ σᾰ́ρω tṑ sárō	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́ρᾰ tà sára
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰ́ρου toû sárou	τοῖν σᾰ́ροιν toîn sároin	τῶν σᾰ́ρων tôn sárōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰ́ρῳ tôi sárōi	τοῖν σᾰ́ροιν toîn sároin	τοῖς σᾰ́ροις toîs sárois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰ́ρον tò sáron	τὼ σᾰ́ρω tṑ sárō	τᾰ̀ σᾰ́ρᾰ tà sára
Vocative	σᾰ́ρον sáron	σᾰ́ρω sárō	σᾰ́ρᾰ sára
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαρόω (saróō)
• σάρωμα (sárōma)
• σάρωσις (sárōsis)
• σαρώτης (sarṓtēs)
• σάρωτρον (sárōtron)

 

Further reading

• “σάρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σάρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σάρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette