σφιγκτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to strangle”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰiŋk.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰiŋkˈter/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸiŋkˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfiŋɡˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfiŋɡˈtir/
Noun
σφῐγκτήρ • (sphinktḗr) m (genitive σφῐγκτῆρος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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(ν) toîs sphinktêrsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σφῐγκτῆρᾰ tòn sphinktêra |
τὼ σφῐγκτῆρε tṑ sphinktêre |
τοὺς σφῐγκτῆρᾰς toùs sphinktêras | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφῐγκτήρ sphinktḗr |
σφῐγκτῆρε sphinktêre |
σφῐγκτῆρες sphinktêres | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: σφιγκτήρας (sfigktíras)
Further reading
- 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
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