σφάκελος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰá.ke.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈspʰa.ke.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsɸa.ce.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsfa.ce.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsfa.ce.los/
Etymology 1
The formation is similar to σκόπελος (skópelos) and πύελος (púelos), from an unknown root. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to spin (thread); to stretch”).
The word has been connected with Middle High German spachen (“to split”) and Low German spaken (“to putrify”) but it can hardly be correct.
Noun
σφάκελος • (sphákelos) m (genitive σφᾰκέλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σφᾰ́κελος ho sphắkelos |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphăkélō |
οἱ σφᾰ́κελοι hoi sphắkeloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰκέλου toû sphăkélou |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphăkéloin |
τῶν σφᾰκέλων tôn sphăkélōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σφᾰκέλῳ tōî sphăkélōi |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphăkéloin |
τοῖς σφᾰκέλοις toîs sphăkélois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σφᾰ́κελον tòn sphắkelon |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphăkélō |
τοὺς σφᾰκέλους toùs sphăkélous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφᾰ́κελε sphắkele |
σφᾰκέλω sphăkélō |
σφᾰ́κελοι sphắkeloi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- σφακελίζω (sphakelízō)
- σφακελισμός (sphakelismós)
- σφακελώδης (sphakelṓdēs)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Pre-Greek, in view of the variation.
Alternative forms
- σφάκηλος (sphákēlos)
Noun
σφάκελος • (sphákelos) m (genitive σφᾰκέλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σφᾰ́κελος ho sphắkelos |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphăkélō |
οἱ σφᾰ́κελοι hoi sphắkeloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σφᾰκέλου toû sphăkélou |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphăkéloin |
τῶν σφᾰκέλων tôn sphăkélōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σφᾰκέλῳ tōî sphăkélōi |
τοῖν σφᾰκέλοιν toîn sphăkéloin |
τοῖς σφᾰκέλοις toîs sphăkélois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σφᾰ́κελον tòn sphắkelon |
τὼ σφᾰκέλω tṑ sphăkélō |
τοὺς σφᾰκέλους toùs sphăkélous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σφᾰ́κελε sphắkele |
σφᾰκέλω sphăkélō |
σφᾰ́κελοι sphắkeloi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “sp(h)ei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 982
Further reading
- “σφάκελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σφάκελος 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, →ISBN