σάπφειρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a West Semitic language such as Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappîr), originally from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σάπφειρος • (sáppheiros) f (genitive σαπφείρου); second declension

  1. sapphire

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σάπφειρος; τῆς σαπφείρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σάπφειρος
hē sáppheiros 		τὼ σαπφείρω
tṑ sappheírō 		αἱ σάπφειροι
hai sáppheiroi
Genitive τῆς σαπφείρου
tês sappheírou 		τοῖν σαπφείροιν
toîn sappheíroin 		τῶν σαπφείρων
tôn sappheírōn
Dative τῇ σαπφείρῳ
têi sappheírōi 		τοῖν σαπφείροιν
toîn sappheíroin 		ταῖς σαπφείροις
taîs sappheírois
Accusative τὴν σάπφειρον
tḕn sáppheiron 		τὼ σαπφείρω
tṑ sappheírō 		τᾱ̀ς σαπφείρους
tā̀s sappheírous
Vocative σάπφειρε
sáppheire 		σαπφείρω
sappheírō 		σάπφειροι
sáppheiroi
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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 7 ‮סַפִּיר‬‎ Sappīr—Lapis Lazuli". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_008

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