Σπάρτη

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”), a reference to the cords laid as the city's foundation boundaries, though this could be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σπᾰ́ρτη • (Spártē) f (genitive Σπᾰ́ρτης); first declension

  1. Sparta; Sparti, Laconia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη; τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σπᾰ́ρτη
hē Spártē
Genitive τῆς Σπᾰ́ρτης
tês Spártēs
Dative τῇ Σπᾰ́ρτῃ
têi Spártēi
Accusative τὴν Σπᾰ́ρτην
tḕn Spártēn
Vocative Σπᾰ́ρτη
Spártē
Notes:
First declension of ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ; τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς (Laconian)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ᾱ̔ Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ
hā Spártā
Genitive τᾶς Σπᾰ́ρτᾱς
tâs Spártās
Dative τᾷ Σπᾰ́ρτᾳ
tâi Spártāi
Accusative τᾱ̀ν Σπᾰ́ρτᾱν
tā̀n Spártān
Vocative Σπᾰ́ρτᾱ
Spártā
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of Σπάρτη in other languages

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

Further reading

  • “Σπάρτη”, 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 1,025
  • 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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σπάρτη (Spártē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɾti/
  • Hyphenation: Σπάρ‧τη

Proper noun

Σπάρτη • (Spárti) f

  1. Sparta (large town in Laconia in Greece)

Declension

  Σπάρτη
case     \     number singular
nominative Σπάρτη •
genitive Σπάρτης •
accusative Σπάρτη •
vocative Σπάρτη •

Derived terms

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