σπαργάνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σπάργανον (spárganon, “band for swaddling infants”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sparˈɡa.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
Noun
σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον • (spargánion) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου); second declension
- bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spargánion | τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ sparganíō | τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tà spargánia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου toû sparganíou | τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn sparganíoin | τῶν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ων tôn sparganíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi sparganíōi | σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν sparganíoin | τοῖς σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οις toîs sparganíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spargánion | σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω sparganíō | τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tà spargánia | ||||||||||
Vocative | σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον spargánion | σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω sparganíō | σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ spargánia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: sparganium
- → Translingual: Sparganium
Further reading
- σπαργάνιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σπαργάνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette