Sparta

Sparta

See also: sparta, spartą, and šparta

English

Etymology

From Latin Sparta, from Doric Greek Σπάρτᾱ (Spártā) (Attic Greek Σπᾰ́ρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑː(ɹ)tə/

Proper noun

Sparta

1. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town, the county seat of Hancock County, Georgia.
   2. A town, the county seat of Alleghany County, North Carolina.
   3. A city, the county seat of White County, Tennessee.
   4. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Sparta remix

Related terms

• Spartan
• spartan

Translations

ancient city-state in southern Greece

Afrikaans: Sparta Alemannic German: Sparta Arabic: أَسْبَرْطَة‎ f (ʔasbarṭa) Armenian: Սպարտա (Sparta) Asturian: Esparta Basque: Esparta Belarusian: Спа́рта f (Spárta) Bengali: স্পার্টা (sparṭa) Breton: Sparta Bulgarian: Спа́рта f (Spárta) Catalan: Esparta Chinese: Mandarin: 斯巴達／斯巴达 (zh) (Sībādá) Czech: Sparta (cs) Danish: Sparta Dhivehi: Sparta Dutch: Sparta Esperanto: Sparto Estonian: Sparta Finnish: Sparta (fi) French: Sparte (fr) f Middle French: Sparte f Galician: Esparta Georgian: სპარტა (sṗarṭa) German: Sparta (de) n Greek: Σπάρτη (el) f (Spárti) Ancient: Σπάρτη f (Spártē) Hebrew: ספרטה‎ Hindi: स्पार्टा (spārṭā) Hungarian: Spárta Icelandic: Sparta f Indonesian: Sparta Irish: Sparta Italian: Sparta (it) Japanese: スパルタ (Suparuta) Korean: 스파르타 (Seupareuta) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Sparta Latin: Sparta Latvian: Sparta Lithuanian: Sparta (lt) Low German: Sparta Luxembourgish: Sparta Macedonian: Спарта f (Sparta) Manx: Yn Sparta Marathi: स्पार्टा n (spārṭā) Norwegian: Sparta Persian: اسپارت‎ (fa) (Espârt) Polish: Sparta (pl) f Portuguese: Esparta (pt) f Romanian: Sparta Russian: Спа́рта (ru) f (Spárta) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Спарта f Roman: Sparta (sh) f Sicilian: Sparta Slovak: Sparta (sk) f Slovene: Sparta f Spanish: Esparta (es) f Swedish: Sparta (sv) Thai: สปาร์ตา (sàbpaadtaa) Turkish: Sparta (tr) Ukrainian: Спа́рта f (Spárta) Urdu: سپارٹا‎ (spārṭā) Welsh: Sparta

See also

• Trojan War
• Spartathlon

Anagrams

• Patras, Pratas, raps at, satrap

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Czech

Proper noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training)

Derived terms

• Sparťan
• spartský

Further reading

• Sparta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Sparta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

Via German and Latin Sparta from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsb̥ɑːtˢa]

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (a city in Southern Greece, a leading city state in Classical Greece)

Derived terms

• spartaner
• spartansk

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑrtɑ/, [ˈs̠pɑrt̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Spar‧ta

Proper noun

Sparta

1. Sparta (ancient city-state in southern Greece)

Declension

Inflection of Sparta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Sparta	—
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
illative		Spartaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sparta	—
accusative	nom.	Sparta	—
	gen.	Spartan
genitive		Spartan	—
partitive		Spartaa	—
inessive		Spartassa	—
elative		Spartasta	—
illative		Spartaan	—
adessive		Spartalla	—
ablative		Spartalta	—
allative		Spartalle	—
essive		Spartana	—
translative		Spartaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Spartatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Sparta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Spartani	Spartamme
2nd person	Spartasi	Spartanne
3rd person	Spartansa

Derived terms

• spartalainen
• spartalaisuus

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German

Etymology

From Latin Sparta (Sparte), or Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta) (Σπάρτη (Spártē)).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Sparta n (proper noun, strong, genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

Derived terms

• Spartaner
• spartanisch

See also

• Lakedämon
• Lakonien

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτα (Spárta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ar̥ta

Proper noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta

Declension

declension of Sparta

f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sparta
accusative	Spörtu
dative	Spörtu
genitive	Spörtu

Derived terms

• Spartverji

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈs̠pärt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/, [ˈspärt̪ä]

Proper noun

Sparta f sg (genitive Spartae); first declension

1. Sparta

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sparta
Genitive	Spartae
Dative	Spartae
Accusative	Spartam
Ablative	Spartā
Vocative	Sparta
Locative	Spartae

Derived terms

• Spartānus

Related terms

• Lacedaemōn
• Spartiāticus
• Spartiacus
• Sparticus
• Spartiātēs

References

• “Sparta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sparta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Sparta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Manx

Proper noun

Yn Sparta f

1. Sparta

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspar.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arta
• Syllabification: Spar‧ta
• Homophone: sparta

Noun

Sparta f

1. Sparta

Declension

Declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparty
dative	Sparcie
accusative	Spartę
instrumental	Spartą
locative	Sparcie
vocative	Sparto

Derived terms

• spartański

 

Further reading

• Sparta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sparta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâːrta/
• Hyphenation: Spar‧ta

Proper noun

Spȃrta f (Cyrillic spelling Спа̑рта)

1. Sparta

Declension

Declension of Sparta

	singular
nominative	Sparta
genitive	Sparte
dative	Sparti
accusative	Spartu
vocative	Sparto
locative	Sparti
instrumental	Spartom

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Sparta, from Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Proper noun

Sparta n (genitive Spartas)

1. Sparta

Related terms

• spartan
• spartansk
• spartiat

References

• Sparta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)