σαρκόπυον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ πύον (púon, “pus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.kó.py.on/ → /sarˈko.py.on/ → /sarˈko.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.kó.py.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.pi.on/

Noun

σᾰρκόπῠον • (sarkópuon) n (genitive σᾰρκοπῠ́ου); second declension

1. purulent flesh

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον; τοῦ σᾰρκοπῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον tò sarkópuon	τὼ σᾰρκοπῠ́ω tṑ sarkopúō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόπῠᾰ tà sarkópua
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰρκοπῠ́ου toû sarkopúou	τοῖν σᾰρκοπῠ́οιν toîn sarkopúoin	τῶν σᾰρκοπῠ́ων tôn sarkopúōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰρκοπῠ́ῳ tôi sarkopúōi	τοῖν σᾰρκοπῠ́οιν toîn sarkopúoin	τοῖς σᾰρκοπῠ́οις toîs sarkopúois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον tò sarkópuon	τὼ σᾰρκοπῠ́ω tṑ sarkopúō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόπῠᾰ tà sarkópua
Vocative	σᾰρκόπῠον sarkópuon	σᾰρκοπῠ́ω sarkopúō	σᾰρκόπῠᾰ sarkópua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰρκοπῠώδης (sarkopuṓdēs)

Further reading

• “σαρκόπυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαρκόπυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette