σφιγκτήρ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From σφῐ́γγω (sphíngō, “to bind tight or fast”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰiŋk.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰiŋkˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸiŋɡˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfiŋɡˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfiŋɡˈtir/
Noun edit
σφῐγκτήρ • (sphinktḗr) m (genitive σφῐγκτῆρος); third declension
- That which binds tight; a lace, band.
- (anatomy) A muscle closing an orifice which naturally remains in the state of contraction; a sphincter.
- A Tarentine chiton, probably because it is laced tight to the body.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σφῐγκτήρ ho sphinktḗr |
τὼ σφῐγκτῆρε tṑ sphinktêre |
οἱ σφῐγκτῆρες hoi sphinktêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σφῐγκτῆρος toû sphinktêros |
τοῖν σφῐγκτήροιν toîn sphinktḗroin |
τῶν σφῐγκτήρων tôn sphinktḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σφῐγκτῆρῐ tôi sphinktêri |
τοῖν σφῐγκτήροιν toîn sphinktḗroin |
τοῖς σφῐγκτῆρσῐ / σφῐγκτῆρσῐν toîs sphinktêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σφῐγκτῆρᾰ tòn sphinktêra |
τὼ σφῐγκτῆρε tṑ sphinktêre |
τοὺς σφῐγκτῆρᾰς toùs sphinktêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | σφῐγκτήρ sphinktḗr |
σφῐγκτῆρε sphinktêre |
σφῐγκτῆρες sphinktêres | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Greek: σφιγκτήρας (sfigktíras)
- Latin: spintēr
- → Late Latin: sphinctēr
- Latin: spintria
References edit
- “σφιγκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “σφιγκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- σφιγκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette