σφάγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφάζω (spházō, “to sacrifice”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰá.ɡi.on/ → /ˈsɸa.ʝi.on/ → /ˈsfa.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰá.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰa.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸa.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfa.ʝi.on/

Noun

σφᾰ́γῐον • (sphágion) n (genitive σφᾰγῐ́ου); second declension

1. victim, offering
2. slaughter, sacrifice

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σφᾰ́γῐον; τοῦ σφᾰγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σφᾰ́γῐον tò sphágion	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́ω tṑ sphagíō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́γῐᾰ tà sphágia
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰγῐ́ου toû sphagíou	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́οιν toîn sphagíoin	τῶν σφᾰγῐ́ων tôn sphagíōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰγῐ́ῳ tôi sphagíōi	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́οιν toîn sphagíoin	τοῖς σφᾰγῐ́οις toîs sphagíois
Accusative	τὸ σφᾰ́γῐον tò sphágion	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́ω tṑ sphagíō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́γῐᾰ tà sphágia
Vocative	σφᾰ́γῐον sphágion	σφᾰγῐ́ω sphagíō	σφᾰ́γῐᾰ sphágia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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