σφηκισμός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius. From σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”), as if from a verb σφηκίζω (sphēkízō, “to buzz like a wasp”).
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸi.cizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfi.cizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfi.cizˈmos/
Noun edit
σφηκισμός • (sphēkismós) m (genitive σφηκισμοῦ); second declension
- (music, hapax) a form of playing the aulos with a buzzing timbre
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:
- σφηκισμός· εἶδος αὐλήσεως εἰρημένον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμφερείας τῶν βομ(β)ῶν
- sphēkismós; eîdos aulḗseōs eirēménon apò tês emphereías tôn bom(b)ôn
- sphēkismós: a style of flute-playing, named after its likeness to buzzing sounds
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σφηκισμός ho sphēkismós |
τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ |
οἱ σφηκισμοί hoi sphēkismoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ toû sphēkismoû |
τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn |
τῶν σφηκισμῶν tôn sphēkismôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφηκισμῷ tôi sphēkismôi |
τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn |
τοῖς σφηκισμοῖς toîs sphēkismoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σφηκισμόν tòn sphēkismón |
τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ |
τοὺς σφηκισμούς toùs sphēkismoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφηκισμέ sphēkismé |
σφηκισμώ sphēkismṓ |
σφηκισμοί sphēkismoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “σφηκισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “σφηκισμός”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- σφηκισμός - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
- Hesychius' Lexicon: σ