σάρισα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σάρισσα (sárissa)

Etymology

The etymology is still unexplained. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.riː.sa/ → /ˈsa.ri.sa/ → /ˈsa.ri.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.riː.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ri.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ri.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ri.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ri.sa/

Noun

σάρῑσᾰ • (sárīsa) f (genitive σᾰρῑ́σης); first declension

1. sarissa, a long Macedonian pike

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σᾰ́ρῑσᾰ; τῆς σᾰρῑ́σης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰ́ρῑσᾰ hē sárīsa	τὼ σᾰρῑ́σᾱ tṑ sarī́sā	αἱ σᾰ́ρῑσαι hai sárīsai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰρῑ́σης tês sarī́sēs	τοῖν σᾰρῑ́σαιν toîn sarī́sain	τῶν σᾰρῑσῶν tôn sarīsôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰρῑ́σῃ têi sarī́sēi	τοῖν σᾰρῑ́σαιν toîn sarī́sain	ταῖς σᾰρῑ́σαις taîs sarī́sais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰ́ρῑσᾰν tḕn sárīsan	τὼ σᾰρῑ́σᾱ tṑ sarī́sā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰρῑ́σᾱς tā̀s sarī́sās
Vocative	σᾰ́ρῑσᾰ sárīsa	σᾰρῑ́σᾱ sarī́sā	σᾰ́ρῑσαι sárīsai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σαρῑσοφόρος (sarīsophóros)

Descendants

• Latin: sarissa

References

• “σάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σάρισα 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