σπαργάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπάργανον (spárganon, “band for swaddling infants”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/ → /sparˈɣa.ni.on/ → /sparˈɣa.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spar.ɡá.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sparˈɡa.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sparˈɣa.ni.on/

Noun

σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον • (spărgắnĭon) n (genitive σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

1. bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον; τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spărgắnĭon	τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ spărgănĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ spărgắnĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ου toû spărgănĭ́ou	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn spărgănĭ́oin	τῶν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ων tôn spărgănĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ῳ tôi spărgănĭ́ōi	τοῖν σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οιν toîn spărgănĭ́oin	τοῖς σπᾰργᾰνῐ́οις toîs spărgănĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον tò spărgắnĭon	τὼ σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω tṑ spărgănĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ tằ spărgắnĭă
Vocative	σπᾰργᾰ́νῐον spărgắnĭon	σπᾰργᾰνῐ́ω spărgănĭ́ō	σπᾰργᾰ́νῐᾰ spărgắnĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: sparganium
• → Translingual: Sparganium

Further reading

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