Σάρδεις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σάρδῐες (Sárdies) — Ionic

Etymology

Ultimately from Lydian 𐤳𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣 (šfard).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sár.deːs/ → /ˈsar.ðis/ → /ˈsar.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sár.deːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.dis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.ðis/

Proper noun

Σάρδεις • (Sárdeis) f pl (genitive Σάρδεων); third declension

1. Sardis, Lydia; Sart, Manisa, Turkey

Declension

Third declension of αἱ Σᾰ́ρδεις; τῶν Σᾰ́ρδεων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Σᾰ́ρδεις hai Sárdeis
Genitive	τῶν Σᾰ́ρδεων tôn Sárdeōn
Dative	ταῖς Σᾰ́ρδεσῐ / Σᾰ́ρδεσῐν taîs Sárdesi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Σᾰ́ρδεις tā̀s Sárdeis
Vocative	Σᾰ́ρδεις Sárdeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of αἱ Σάρδῑς; τῶν Σᾰ́ρδεων (Ionic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Σάρδῑς hai Sárdīs
Genitive	τῶν Σᾰ́ρδεων tôn Sárdeōn
Dative	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν Σᾰ́ρδεσῐ / Σᾰ́ρδεσῐν têisi(n) Sárdesi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Σάρδῑς tā̀s Sárdīs
Vocative	Σάρδῑς Sárdīs
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Σαρδῐᾱνός (Sardiānós)
• Σαρδῐᾱνῐκός (Sardiānikós)
• σᾰ́ρδῐον (sárdion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Σάρδεις (Sárdeis)
• → Latin: Sardīs, Sardēs
  • → English: Sardis
• → Turkish: Sardes, Sart

References

• “Σάρδεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4554 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • sardis idem, page 734.
• Σάρδεις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette