σφάκτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφάζω (spházō, “to slaughter”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰák.tron/ → /ˈsɸak.tron/ → /ˈsfak.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰák.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰak.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸak.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfak.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfak.tron/

Noun

σφᾰ́κτρον • (sphắktron) n (genitive σφᾰ́κτρου); second declension

1. tax paid for victims

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον; τοῦ σφᾰ́κτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò sphắktron	τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ sphắktrō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tằ sphắktră
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰ́κτρου toû sphắktrou	τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn sphắktroin	τῶν σφᾰ́κτρων tôn sphắktrōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰ́κτρῳ tôi sphắktrōi	τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn sphắktroin	τοῖς σφᾰ́κτροις toîs sphắktrois
Accusative	τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò sphắktron	τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ sphắktrō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tằ sphắktră
Vocative	σφᾰ́κτρον sphắktron	σφᾰ́κτρω sphắktrō	σφᾰ́κτρᾰ sphắktră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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