σάβανον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σᾰβᾰκᾰ́θῐον (sabakáthion), σᾰββᾰκᾰ́θῐον (sabbakáthion), σᾰβᾰ́κᾰνον (sabákanon)
Etymology
Probably related to or borrowed from Egyptian sbn (“(linen) bandage”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sá.ba.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ba.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.βa.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.va.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.va.non/
Noun
σᾰ́βᾰνον • (sábanon) n (genitive σᾰβᾰ́νου); second declension
- linen cloth or towel
- Clement of Alexandria 190
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σᾰ́βᾰνον; τοῦ σᾰβᾰ́νου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σᾰ́βᾰνον tò sábanon | τὼ σᾰβᾰ́νω tṑ sabánō | τᾰ̀ σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ tà sábana | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σᾰβᾰ́νου toû sabánou | τοῖν σᾰβᾰ́νοιν toîn sabánoin | τῶν σᾰβᾰ́νων tôn sabánōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σᾰβᾰ́νῳ tôi sabánōi | τοῖν σᾰβᾰ́νοιν toîn sabánoin | τοῖς σᾰβᾰ́νοις toîs sabánois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σᾰ́βᾰνον tò sábanon | τὼ σᾰβᾰ́νω tṑ sabánō | τᾰ̀ σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ tà sábana | ||||||||||
Vocative | σᾰ́βᾰνον sábanon | σᾰβᾰ́νω sabánō | σᾰ́βᾰνᾰ sábana | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Georgian: საბანი (sabani)
- → Latin: sabanum
- → Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (saban)
- Old Portuguese: savãa
- Galician: saba
- Spanish: sábana
- → Old Armenian: սաւան (sawan)
- Armenian: սավան (savan)
- → Russian: са́ван (sávan)
References
- σάβανον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σάβανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette