σφαγίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφάζω (spházō, “to slaughter”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰa.ɡís/ → /sɸaˈʝis/ → /sfaˈʝis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰa.ɡís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spʰaˈɡis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɸaˈʝis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sfaˈʝis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sfaˈʝis/

Noun

σφᾰγῐ́ς • (sphagís) f (genitive σφᾰγῐ́δος); third declension

1. sacrificial knife

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σφᾰγῐ́ς; τῆς σφᾰγῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφᾰγῐ́ς hē sphagís	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́δε tṑ sphagíde	αἱ σφᾰγῐ́δες hai sphagídes
Genitive	τῆς σφᾰγῐ́δος tês sphagídos	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́δοιν toîn sphagídoin	τῶν σφᾰγῐ́δων tôn sphagídōn
Dative	τῇ σφᾰγῐ́δῐ têi sphagídi	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́δοιν toîn sphagídoin	ταῖς σφᾰγῐ́σῐ / σφᾰγῐ́σῐν taîs sphagísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν σφᾰγῐ́δᾰ tḕn sphagída	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́δε tṑ sphagíde	τᾱ̀ς σφᾰγῐ́δᾰς tā̀s sphagídas
Vocative	σφᾰγῐ́ς sphagís	σφᾰγῐ́δε sphagíde	σφᾰγῐ́δες sphagídes
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.

Derived terms

• σφᾰγῐ́δῐον (sphagídion)

Further reading

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