σφάλσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σφάλλω (sphállō, “I bring down, I ruin”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spʰál.sis/ → /ˈsɸal.sis/ → /ˈsfal.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰál.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰal.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸal.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.sis/

Noun

σφάλσῐς • (sphálsĭs) f (genitive σφάλσεως); third declension

1. fall, accident

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ σφᾰ́λσῐς; τῆς σφᾰ́λσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφᾰ́λσῐς hē sphắlsĭs	τὼ σφᾰ́λσει tṑ sphắlsei	αἱ σφᾰ́λσεις hai sphắlseis
Genitive	τῆς σφᾰ́λσεως tês sphắlseōs	τοῖν σφᾰλσέοιν toîn sphălséoin	τῶν σφᾰ́λσεων tôn sphắlseōn
Dative	τῇ σφᾰ́λσει têi sphắlsei	τοῖν σφᾰλσέοιν toîn sphălséoin	ταῖς σφᾰ́λσεσῐ / σφᾰ́λσεσῐν taîs sphắlsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν σφᾰ́λσῐν tḕn sphắlsĭn	τὼ σφᾰ́λσει tṑ sphắlsei	τᾱ̀ς σφᾰ́λσεις tā̀s sphắlseis
Vocative	σφᾰ́λσῐ sphắlsĭ	σφᾰ́λσει sphắlsei	σφᾰ́λσεις sphắlseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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