σαπρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the radical of σήπω (sḗpō) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.prós/ → /saˈpros/ → /saˈpros/

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

Adjective

σᾰπρός • (săprós) m (feminine σᾰπρή, neuter σᾰπρόν); first/second declension

1. rotten, putrid

Inflection

First and second declension of σᾰπρός; σᾰπρή; σᾰπρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σᾰπρός săprós	σᾰπρή săprḗ	σᾰπρόν săprón		σᾰπρώ săprṓ	σᾰπρᾱ́ săprā́	σᾰπρώ săprṓ		σᾰπροί săproí	σᾰπραί săpraí	σᾰπρᾰ́ săprắ
Genitive		σᾰπροῦ săproû	σᾰπρῆς săprês	σᾰπροῦ săproû		σᾰπροῖν săproîn	σᾰπραῖν săpraîn	σᾰπροῖν săproîn		σᾰπρῶν săprôn	σᾰπρῶν săprôn	σᾰπρῶν săprôn
Dative		σᾰπρῷ săprôi	σᾰπρῇ săprêi	σᾰπρῷ săprôi		σᾰπροῖν săproîn	σᾰπραῖν săpraîn	σᾰπροῖν săproîn		σᾰπροῖς săproîs	σᾰπραῖς săpraîs	σᾰπροῖς săproîs
Accusative		σᾰπρόν săprón	σᾰπρήν săprḗn	σᾰπρόν săprón		σᾰπρώ săprṓ	σᾰπρᾱ́ săprā́	σᾰπρώ săprṓ		σᾰπρούς săproús	σᾰπρᾱ́ς săprā́s	σᾰπρᾰ́ săprắ
Vocative		σᾰπρέ săpré	σᾰπρή săprḗ	σᾰπρόν săprón		σᾰπρώ săprṓ	σᾰπρᾱ́ săprā́	σᾰπρώ săprṓ		σᾰπροί săproí	σᾰπραί săpraí	σᾰπρᾰ́ săprắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σᾰπρῶς săprôs				σᾰπρότερος săpróteros				σᾰπρότᾰτος săprótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰπρῐ́ᾱ (săprĭ́ā)
• σᾰπρότης (săprótēs)

Further reading

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