φάσγανον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes of Pre-Greek origin. Has been connected with Ancient Greek σφάζω (spházō, “to slay, to kill”) but this connection seems unconvincing.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰáz.ɡa.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰaz.ɡa.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸaz.ɣa.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/
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Noun
φάσγανον • (phásganon) n (genitive φάσγανου); second declension
- A sword
- A sword lily, a gladiolus
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ φάσγανον; τοῦ φασγάνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ φάσγανον tò phásganon | τὼ φασγάνω tṑ phasgánō | τᾰ̀ φάσγανᾰ tà phásgana | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φασγάνου toû phasgánou | τοῖν φασγάνοιν toîn phasgánoin | τῶν φασγάνων tôn phasgánōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φασγάνῳ tôi phasgánōi | τοῖν φασγάνοιν toîn phasgánoin | τοῖς φασγάνοις toîs phasgánois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ φάσγανον tò phásganon | τὼ φασγάνω tṑ phasgánō | τᾰ̀ φάσγανᾰ tà phásgana | ||||||||||
Vocative | φάσγανον phásganon | φασγάνω phasgánō | φάσγανᾰ phásgana | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φασγανίς (phasganís)
- φασγάνιον (phasgánion)
- φασγάνεται (phasgánetai)
Further reading
- φάσγανον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάσγανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill