Σαρπηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from an unattested Anatolian name or title deriving from the compound *sar-pēdan- with the meaning "(someone of) top position".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.pɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /sar.piˈðon/ → /sar.piˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.pɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sar.pe̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sar.piˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sar.piˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sar.piˈðon/

Proper noun

Σαρπηδών • (Sarpēdṓn) m (genitive Σαρπηδόνος or Σαρπήδοντος); third declension

1. Sarpedon

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σαρπηδών; τῆς Σαρπηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σαρπηδών hē Sarpēdṓn
Genitive	τῆς Σαρπηδόνος tês Sarpēdónos
Dative	τῇ Σαρπηδόνῐ têi Sarpēdónĭ
Accusative	τὴν Σαρπηδόνᾰ tḕn Sarpēdónă
Vocative	Σαρπηδών Sarpēdṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ Σαρπήδων; τοῦ Σαρπήδοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σαρπήδων ho Sarpḗdōn
Genitive	τοῦ Σαρπήδοντος toû Sarpḗdontos
Dative	τῷ Σαρπήδοντῐ tôi Sarpḗdontĭ
Accusative	τὸν Σαρπήδοντᾰ tòn Sarpḗdontă
Vocative	Σαρπῆδον Sarpêdon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σαρπηδόνῐος (Sarpēdónĭos)
• Σαρπηδονεῖον (Sarpēdoneîon)

Descendants

• Greek: Σαρπηδών (Sarpidón)
• Latin: Sarpēdōn

Further reading

• “Σαρπηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024
• Σαρπηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette