Σαπφώ

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Ancient Greek

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Sappho

Σαπφώ (Sapphṓ)

Alternative forms

Ψάπφω (Psápphō) — Aeolic
Σάφφω (Sáphphō)

Etymology

According to Beekes, maybe from Pre-Greek due to the presence of the cluster "-πφ-".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sapʰ.pʰɔ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sapˈpʰo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sapˈɸo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sapˈfo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sapˈfo/

Proper noun

Σαπφώ • (Sapphṓ) f (genitive Σαπφοῦς); third declension

Sappho

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σαπφώ; τῆς Σαπφοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σαπφώ hē Sapphṓ
Genitive	τῆς Σαπφοῦς tês Sapphoûs
Dative	τῇ Σαπφοῖ têi Sapphoî
Accusative	τὴν Σαπφώ tḕn Sapphṓ
Vocative	Σαπφοῖ Sapphoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

“Σαπφώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
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

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