Σφακτηρία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /spʰak.tɛː.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spʰak.te̝ˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sɸak.tiˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sfak.tiˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sfak.tiˈri.a/
Proper noun
Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ • (Sphaktēríā) f (genitive Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Sphacteria; Sphagia, Messenia, Greece
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ hē Sphaktēríā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱς tês Sphaktēríās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σφακτηρῐ́ᾳ têi Sphaktēríāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sphaktēríān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σφακτηρῐ́ᾱ Sphaktēríā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Bulgarian: Сфактерия (Sfakterija)
- French: Sphactérie
- Greek: Σφακτηρία (Sfaktiría)
- Italian: Sfacteria
- Latin: Sphacteria
- Spanish: Esfacteria
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
- Σφακτηρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette