σπαθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.tʰís/ → /spaˈθis/ → /spaˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.tʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈtʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/

Noun

σπᾰθῐ́ς • (spathís) f (genitive σπᾰθῐ́δος); third declension

1. garment of closely-woven cloth

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰθῐ́ς; τῆς σπᾰθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰθῐ́ς hē spathís	τὼ σπᾰθῐ́δε tṑ spathíde	αἱ σπᾰθῐ́δες hai spathídes
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰθῐ́δος tês spathídos	τοῖν σπᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn spathídoin	τῶν σπᾰθῐ́δων tôn spathídōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰθῐ́δῐ têi spathídi	τοῖν σπᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn spathídoin	ταῖς σπᾰθῐ́σῐ / σπᾰθῐ́σῐν taîs spathísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰθῐ́δᾰ tḕn spathída	τὼ σπᾰθῐ́δε tṑ spathíde	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s spathídas
Vocative	σπᾰθῐ́ς spathís	σπᾰθῐ́δε spathíde	σπᾰθῐ́δες spathídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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