σαρκόπυον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ πύον (púon, “pus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sar.kó.py.on/ → /sarˈko.py.on/ → /sarˈko.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sar.kó.py.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.py.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sarˈko.pi.on/

Noun

σᾰρκόπῠον • (sărkópŭon) n (genitive σᾰρκοπῠ́ου); second declension

1. purulent flesh

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον; τοῦ σᾰρκοπῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον tò sărkópŭon	τὼ σᾰρκοπῠ́ω tṑ sărkopŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόπῠᾰ tằ sărkópŭă
Genitive	τοῦ σᾰρκοπῠ́ου toû sărkopŭ́ou	τοῖν σᾰρκοπῠ́οιν toîn sărkopŭ́oin	τῶν σᾰρκοπῠ́ων tôn sărkopŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σᾰρκοπῠ́ῳ tôi sărkopŭ́ōi	τοῖν σᾰρκοπῠ́οιν toîn sărkopŭ́oin	τοῖς σᾰρκοπῠ́οις toîs sărkopŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σᾰρκόπῠον tò sărkópŭon	τὼ σᾰρκοπῠ́ω tṑ sărkopŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σᾰρκόπῠᾰ tằ sărkópŭă
Vocative	σᾰρκόπῠον sărkópŭon	σᾰρκοπῠ́ω sărkopŭ́ō	σᾰρκόπῠᾰ sărkópŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σᾰρκοπῠώδης (sărkopŭṓdēs)

Further reading

• “σαρκόπυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σαρκόπυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette