σφάκελος
Ancient Greek
editPronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰá.ke.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰa.ke.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸa.ce.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfa.ce.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfa.ce.los/
Etymology 1
editThe formation is similar to σκόπελος (skópelos) and πύελος (púelos), from an unknown root. The word has been connected with Middle High German spachen (“to split”) and Low German spaken (“to putrify”) but it can hardly be correct.
Noun
editσφάκελος • (sphákelos) m (genitive σφᾰκέλου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σφᾰ́κελος ho sphákelos |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphakélō |
οἱ σφᾰ́κελοι hoi sphákeloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰκέλου toû sphakélou |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphakéloin |
τῶν σφᾰκέλων tôn sphakélōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφᾰκέλῳ tôi sphakélōi |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphakéloin |
τοῖς σφᾰκέλοις toîs sphakélois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σφᾰ́κελον tòn sphákelon |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphakélō |
τοὺς σφᾰκέλους toùs sphakélous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφᾰ́κελε sphákele |
σφᾰκέλω sphakélō |
σφᾰ́κελοι sphákeloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- σφακελίζω (sphakelízō)
- σφακελισμός (sphakelismós)
- σφακελώδης (sphakelṓdēs)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Pre-Greek, in view of the variation.
Alternative forms
edit- σφάκηλος (sphákēlos)
Noun
editσφάκελος • (sphákelos) m (genitive σφᾰκέλου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σφᾰ́κελος ho sphákelos |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphakélō |
οἱ σφᾰ́κελοι hoi sphákeloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰκέλου toû sphakélou |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphakéloin |
τῶν σφᾰκέλων tôn sphakélōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφᾰκέλῳ tôi sphakélōi |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphakéloin |
τοῖς σφᾰκέλοις toîs sphakélois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σφᾰ́κελον tòn sphákelon |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphakélō |
τοὺς σφᾰκέλους toùs sphakélous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφᾰ́κελε sphákele |
σφᾰκέλω sphakélō |
σφᾰ́κελοι sphákeloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “σφάκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφάκελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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