σπαθίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάθη (spáthē, “blade”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spa.tʰís/ → /spaˈθis/ → /spaˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spa.tʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈtʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈθis/

Noun

σπᾰθῐ́ς • (spăthĭ́s) f (genitive σπᾰθῐ́δος); third declension

1. garment of closely-woven cloth

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σπᾰθῐ́ς; τῆς σπᾰθῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σπᾰθῐ́ς hē spăthĭ́s	τὼ σπᾰθῐ́δε tṑ spăthĭ́de	αἱ σπᾰθῐ́δες hai spăthĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς σπᾰθῐ́δος tês spăthĭ́dos	τοῖν σπᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn spăthĭ́doin	τῶν σπᾰθῐ́δων tôn spăthĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ σπᾰθῐ́δῐ têi spăthĭ́dĭ	τοῖν σπᾰθῐ́δοιν toîn spăthĭ́doin	ταῖς σπᾰθῐ́σῐ / σπᾰθῐ́σῐν taîs spăthĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σπᾰθῐ́δᾰ tḕn spăthĭ́dă	τὼ σπᾰθῐ́δε tṑ spăthĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς σπᾰθῐ́δᾰς tā̀s spăthĭ́dăs
Vocative	σπᾰθῐ́ς spăthĭ́s	σπᾰθῐ́δε spăthĭ́de	σπᾰθῐ́δες spăthĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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