στέμφυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"A full-grade variant of σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “grape”). No further etymology; perhaps Pre-Greek, if the -μ- is interpreted as prenasalization. This word has also been connected with the verb στέμβω (stémbō, “to shake about, agitate”)."

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stém.pʰy.lon/ → /ˈstem.ɸy.lon/ → /ˈstem.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stém.pʰy.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.pʰy.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.ɸy.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.fy.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈstem.fi.lon/

Noun

στέμφῠλον • (stémphulon) n (genitive στεμφῠ́λου); second declension

1. mass of olives from which the oil has been pressed
2. mass of pressed grapes

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ στέμφῠλον; τοῦ στεμφῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ στέμφῠλον tò stémphulon	τὼ στεμφῠ́λω tṑ stemphúlō	τᾰ̀ στέμφῠλᾰ tà stémphula
Genitive	τοῦ στεμφῠ́λου toû stemphúlou	τοῖν στεμφῠ́λοιν toîn stemphúloin	τῶν στεμφῠ́λων tôn stemphúlōn
Dative	τῷ στεμφῠ́λῳ tôi stemphúlōi	τοῖν στεμφῠ́λοιν toîn stemphúloin	τοῖς στεμφῠ́λοις toîs stemphúlois
Accusative	τὸ στέμφῠλον tò stémphulon	τὼ στεμφῠ́λω tṑ stemphúlō	τᾰ̀ στέμφῠλᾰ tà stémphula
Vocative	στέμφῠλον stémphulon	στεμφῠ́λω stemphúlō	στέμφῠλᾰ stémphula
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στεμφῠλῐ́ᾱς (stemphulíās)
• στεμφῠλῐ́ς (stemphulís)
• στεμφῠλῑ́της (stemphulī́tēs)
• στεμφῠλουργός (stemphulourgós)

 

Further reading

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