σαπρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σᾰπρός (saprós, “rotten, putrid”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.prí.aː/ → /saˈpri.a/ → /saˈpri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.prí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈpri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈpri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈpri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈpri.a/

Noun

σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ • (sapríā) f (genitive σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. decay, decayed matter

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ hē sapríā	τὼ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sapríā	αἱ σᾰπρῐ́αι hai sapríai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς tês sapríās	τοῖν σᾰπρῐ́αιν toîn sapríain	τῶν σᾰπρῐῶν tôn sapriôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰπρῐ́ᾳ têi sapríāi	τοῖν σᾰπρῐ́αιν toîn sapríain	ταῖς σᾰπρῐ́αις taîs sapríais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰπρῐ́ᾱν tḕn sapríān	τὼ σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ tṑ sapríā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰπρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s sapríās
Vocative	σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ sapríā	σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ sapríā	σᾰπρῐ́αι sapríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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