σφένδαμνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σπένδᾰμνον (spéndămnon)

Etymology

The formation is similar to δίκταμνον (díktamnon) and ὀρόδαμνος (oródamnos). Often connected to σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”), either through a meaning "trembling" or after the form of the seeds. However, the word is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spʰén.dam.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈspʰen.dam.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɸen.dam.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsfen.dam.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsfen.dam.nos/

Noun

σφένδᾰμνος • (sphéndămnos) f (genitive σφενδᾰ́μνου); second declension

Montpelier maple (Acer monspessulanum)
Synonym: ἄκαστος (ákastos)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ σφένδᾰμνος; τῆς σφενδᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σφένδᾰμνος hē sphéndămnos	τὼ σφενδᾰ́μνω tṑ sphendắmnō	αἱ σφένδᾰμνοι hai sphéndămnoi
Genitive	τῆς σφενδᾰ́μνου tês sphendắmnou	τοῖν σφενδᾰ́μνοιν toîn sphendắmnoin	τῶν σφενδᾰ́μνων tôn sphendắmnōn
Dative	τῇ σφενδᾰ́μνῳ têi sphendắmnōi	τοῖν σφενδᾰ́μνοιν toîn sphendắmnoin	ταῖς σφενδᾰ́μνοις taîs sphendắmnois
Accusative	τὴν σφένδᾰμνον tḕn sphéndămnon	τὼ σφενδᾰ́μνω tṑ sphendắmnō	τᾱ̀ς σφενδᾰ́μνους tā̀s sphendắmnous
Vocative	σφένδᾰμνε sphéndămne	σφενδᾰ́μνω sphendắmnō	σφένδᾰμνοι sphéndămnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σφενδᾰ́μνῐνος (sphendắmnĭnos)

Descendants

Greek: σφενδάμι (sfendámi)

“σφένδαμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“σφένδαμνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
σφένδαμνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN