σάλπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σάλπος (sálpos), σάρπη (sárpē)

Etymology

From Egyptian, found in Coptic ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲧ (čelfat), ⲥⲗⲃⲟⲧ (slbot), Arabic شِلْبَا (šilbā), or perhaps already Pre-Greek and of shared origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sál.pɛː/ → /ˈsal.pi/ → /ˈsal.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sál.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pi/

Noun

σᾰ́λπη • (sálpē) f (genitive σᾰ́λπης); first declension

1. Salema porgy (Sarpa salpa)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰ́λπη; τῆς σᾰ́λπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰ́λπη hē sálpē	τὼ σᾰ́λπᾱ tṑ sálpā	αἱ σᾰ́λπαι hai sálpai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰ́λπης tês sálpēs	τοῖν σᾰ́λπαιν toîn sálpain	τῶν σᾰλπῶν tôn salpôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰ́λπῃ têi sálpēi	τοῖν σᾰ́λπαιν toîn sálpain	ταῖς σᾰ́λπαις taîs sálpais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰ́λπην tḕn sálpēn	τὼ σᾰ́λπᾱ tṑ sálpā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰ́λπᾱς tā̀s sálpās
Vocative	σᾰ́λπη sálpē	σᾰ́λπᾱ sálpā	σᾰ́λπαι sálpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: salpa
  • → English: salpa
  • → Italian: salpa
• → Translingual: Sarpa

References

• “σάλπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάλπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928) “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, →DOI, pages 29–30