σφάγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (sphắgĭon) 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 sphắgĭon	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́ω tṑ sphăgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́γῐᾰ tằ sphắgĭă
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰγῐ́ου toû sphăgĭ́ou	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́οιν toîn sphăgĭ́oin	τῶν σφᾰγῐ́ων tôn sphăgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰγῐ́ῳ tôi sphăgĭ́ōi	τοῖν σφᾰγῐ́οιν toîn sphăgĭ́oin	τοῖς σφᾰγῐ́οις toîs sphăgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ σφᾰ́γῐον tò sphắgĭon	τὼ σφᾰγῐ́ω tṑ sphăgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́γῐᾰ tằ sphắgĭă
Vocative	σφᾰ́γῐον sphắgĭon	σφᾰγῐ́ω sphăgĭ́ō	σφᾰ́γῐᾰ sphắgĭă
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