φάσγανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes of Pre-Greek origin. Has been connected with Ancient Greek σφάζω (spházō, “to slay, to kill”) but this connection seems unconvincing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰáz.ɡa.non/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaz.ɡa.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸaz.ɣa.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfaz.ɣa.non/

Noun

φᾰ́σγᾰνον • (phắsgănon) n (genitive φᾰσγᾰ́νου); second declension

sword
corn-flag (Gladiolus italicus)
Synonyms: ξῐφῐ́ον (xĭphĭ́on), ξῐ́φος (xĭ́phos)
cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
Synonym: ξᾰ́νθῐον (xắnthĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον; τοῦ φᾰσγᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον tò phắsgănon	τὼ φᾰσγᾰ́νω tṑ phăsgắnō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ tằ phắsgănă
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰσγᾰ́νου toû phăsgắnou	τοῖν φᾰσγᾰ́νοιν toîn phăsgắnoin	τῶν φᾰσγᾰ́νων tôn phăsgắnōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰσγᾰ́νῳ tôi phăsgắnōi	τοῖν φᾰσγᾰ́νοιν toîn phăsgắnoin	τοῖς φᾰσγᾰ́νοις toîs phăsgắnois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́σγᾰνον tò phắsgănon	τὼ φᾰσγᾰ́νω tṑ phăsgắnō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ tằ phắsgănă
Vocative	φᾰ́σγᾰνον phắsgănon	φᾰσγᾰ́νω phăsgắnō	φᾰ́σγᾰνᾰ phắsgănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φᾰσγᾰ́νῐον (phăsgắnĭon)
φᾰσγᾰνῐ́ς (phăsgănĭ́s)
φᾰσγᾰνουργός (phăsgănourgós)
φᾰσγᾰ́νω (phăsgắnō)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Phasganon

“φάσγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“φάσγανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“φάσγανον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
φάσγανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
φάσγανον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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