σφιγκτήρ

Ancient Greek

From σφῐ́γγω (sphĭ́ngō, “to bind tight or fast”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, agent noun suffix).

σφῐγκτήρ • (sphĭnktḗr) m (genitive σφῐγκτῆρος); third declension

That which binds tight; a lace, band.
(anatomy) A muscle closing an orifice which naturally remains in the state of contraction; a sphincter.
A Tarentine chiton, probably because it is laced tight to the body.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφῐγκτήρ ho sphĭnktḗr	τὼ σφῐγκτῆρε tṑ sphĭnktêre	οἱ σφῐγκτῆρες hoi sphĭnktêres
Genitive	τοῦ σφῐγκτῆρος toû sphĭnktêros	τοῖν σφῐγκτήροιν toîn sphĭnktḗroin	τῶν σφῐγκτήρων tôn sphĭnktḗrōn
Dative	τῷ σφῐγκτῆρῐ tôi sphĭnktêrĭ	τοῖν σφῐγκτήροιν toîn sphĭnktḗroin	τοῖς σφῐγκτῆρσῐ / σφῐγκτῆρσῐν toîs sphĭnktêrsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν σφῐγκτῆρᾰ tòn sphĭnktêră	τὼ σφῐγκτῆρε tṑ sphĭnktêre	τοὺς σφῐγκτῆρᾰς toùs sphĭnktêrăs
Vocative	σφῐγκτήρ sphĭnktḗr	σφῐγκτῆρε sphĭnktêre	σφῐγκτῆρες sphĭnktêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“σφιγκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“σφιγκτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
σφιγκτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette