σφηκισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius. From σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”), as if from a verb σφηκίζω (sphēkízō, “to buzz like a wasp”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɸi.cizˈmos/ → /sfi.cizˈmos/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sɸi.cizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sfi.cizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sfi.cizˈmos/

Noun

σφηκισμός • (sphēkismós) m (genitive σφηκισμοῦ); second declension

1. (music, hapax) a form of playing the aulos with a buzzing timbre
   • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:

     σφηκισμός· εἶδος αὐλήσεως εἰρημένον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐμφερείας τῶν βομ(β)ῶν

     sphēkismós; eîdos aulḗseōs eirēménon apò tês emphereías tôn bom(b)ôn

     sphēkismós: a style of flute-playing, named after its likeness to buzzing sounds]

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σφηκισμός; τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σφηκισμός ho sphēkismós	τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ	οἱ σφηκισμοί hoi sphēkismoí
Genitive	τοῦ σφηκισμοῦ toû sphēkismoû	τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn	τῶν σφηκισμῶν tôn sphēkismôn
Dative	τῷ σφηκισμῷ tôi sphēkismôi	τοῖν σφηκισμοῖν toîn sphēkismoîn	τοῖς σφηκισμοῖς toîs sphēkismoîs
Accusative	τὸν σφηκισμόν tòn sphēkismón	τὼ σφηκισμώ tṑ sphēkismṓ	τοὺς σφηκισμούς toùs sphēkismoús
Vocative	σφηκισμέ sphēkismé	σφηκισμώ sphēkismṓ	σφηκισμοί sphēkismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σφηκισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “σφηκισμός”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “σφηκισμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Hesychius' Lexicon: σ