σπάραγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπαράσσω (sparássō, “I rend, tear asunder”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spá.raŋ.ma/ → /ˈspa.raɣ.ma/ → /ˈspa.raɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spá.raŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.raɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.raɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.raɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.raɣ.ma/

Noun

σπάραγμᾰ • (spáragmă) n (genitive σπαράγμᾰτος); third declension

1. piece torn off, shred, fragment
2. tearing, rending

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ σπάραγμᾰ; τοῦ σπαράγμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπάραγμᾰ tò spáragmă	τὼ σπαράγμᾰτε tṑ sparágmăte	τᾰ̀ σπαράγμᾰτᾰ tằ sparágmătă
Genitive	τοῦ σπαράγμᾰτος toû sparágmătos	τοῖν σπαραγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sparagmắtoin	τῶν σπαραγμᾰ́των tôn sparagmắtōn
Dative	τῷ σπαράγμᾰτῐ tôi sparágmătĭ	τοῖν σπαραγμᾰ́τοιν toîn sparagmắtoin	τοῖς σπαράγμᾰσῐ / σπαράγμᾰσῐν toîs sparágmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ σπάραγμᾰ tò spáragmă	τὼ σπαράγμᾰτε tṑ sparágmăte	τᾰ̀ σπαράγμᾰτᾰ tằ sparágmătă
Vocative	σπάραγμᾰ spáragmă	σπαράγμᾰτε sparágmăte	σπαράγμᾰτᾰ sparágmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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