σπαργάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάργανον (spárganon, “band for swaddling infants”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/ → /sparˈɣa.ni.on/ → /sparˈɣa.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sparˈɡa.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/

Noun

σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον • (spargánion) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

1. bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spargánion	τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ sparganíō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tà spargánia
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου toû sparganíou	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn sparganíoin	τῶν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ων tôn sparganíōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi sparganíōi	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn sparganíoin	τοῖς σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οις toîs sparganíois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spargánion	τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ sparganíō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tà spargánia
Vocative	σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον spargánion	σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω sparganíō	σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ spargánia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: sparganium
• → Translingual: Sparganium

Further reading

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