σφάζω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Of unknown origin, with no known cognates outside Greek. Furnée connects φάσγανον (phásganon, sword) as φασγ-/σφαγ-, suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.[1] The relation with Old Armenian սպանանեմ (spananem, to slay), if any, is unclear and would have to be via borrowing from a common source.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σφᾰ́ζω (spházō)

  1. to slay, slaughter, cut the throat
  2. to slaughter victims for sacrifice
  3. (in general) to slay, kill, assassinate

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σφάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1426-7
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպանանեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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