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 • (spháktron) 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 spháktron	τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ spháktrō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tà spháktra
Genitive	τοῦ σφᾰ́κτρου toû spháktrou	τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn spháktroin	τῶν σφᾰ́κτρων tôn spháktrōn
Dative	τῷ σφᾰ́κτρῳ tôi spháktrōi	τοῖν σφᾰ́κτροιν toîn spháktroin	τοῖς σφᾰ́κτροις toîs spháktrois
Accusative	τὸ σφᾰ́κτρον tò spháktron	τὼ σφᾰ́κτρω tṑ spháktrō	τᾰ̀ σφᾰ́κτρᾰ tà spháktra
Vocative	σφᾰ́κτρον spháktron	σφᾰ́κτρω spháktrō	σφᾰ́κτρᾰ spháktra
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